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reinventing the flat tire: To make the same
mistake made before despite extended debate and a formal vote.
Nominated by Jos Zebley
RECENT ADDITIONS:
OT-mail: An
unnecessary, after-hours e-mail sent to a supervisor or co-workers with the sole purpose
of time-stamping how late you worked.. Example: An e-mail sent to
the boss at 9:24 p.m. --
"Just wanted to touch base on the Johnson account. Let me know when we can
meet."
ocular inspection: To look at,
inspect, to see with your own eyes. Once a medical reference,
now it's a staple of bureaucratic language. "We'll have to make
an ocular inspection to see if the boundaries are correct."
Nominated by Ken Naparsteck
jitterati:
What the digital generation becomes after sipping one too many cups of Starbucks.
telephonically communicated:
To convey information or data by telephone. "The
results of the retest were telephonically communicated to the CEO."
A less buzzy alternative:
"I called Jack."
Nominated by
Linda Martin
relanguage:
Term used by $300-an-hour consultants when $5 words, such as
reword, rephrase or rewrite, would work just as well. "I think
we can relanguage that to be more effective."
personal
stimulus recovery
plan: A vacation.
Also known as a "personal stimulus program."
Nominated by Maria
Mangicaro
leveraging
knowledge capital: Stealing someone else's work or
idea(program code, PowerPoint, etc.) and then changing a few
things to make it your own.
Nominated by Keith Riley
golden bungee:
A lucrative executive severance package
that not only pays the executive to step down from his or her
current position, but then pays them to continue with the
company in another role.
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