The Most Hated Buzzword - 2011
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
I think "It is what it is" is required training of every pro athlete and sports journalist in the US. I swear I hear that phrase on ESPN at least once a day.
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I've found the companies who want you to "think out of the box" typically give you the smallest box to work in and frown on any infractions.
"You get that on the big jobs."
"The box" is the place where you work, you're allowed to think when you're outside the box (not at work), but when you're inside the box (at work) you're not allowed to think.
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Synergy gets used a lot where I work. I despise the word. Its even been used in naming a new business initiative. "Technology and Business Synergy Association" Whatever that's supposed to mean.
Comments from work:
- "Why can't you just do it like everybody else?"
- "Well, we haven't had any complaints yet."
- "I just want to get it into production."
I'm in space! I know you are mate. Yep, we're both in space. SPAAAACE!
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Oh even better.... have you started to see the dribble that flows out of this movie and into your conference calls and meetings? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/ exhibits A-J http://www.hark.com/collections/zwvfsfqtbr-moneyball
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
How about: "At the end of the day..."
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Going forward.:mad:
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Going forward.:mad:
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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1. think outside the box (16%) 2. circle back (15%) 3. synergy (14%) 4. it is what it is (13%) 5. touch base (13%)
So let's get outside the tent and back peddle to get it on as that's just touching cloth. [Have I got it right?]
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Let's wait until we get back to the farm.
