ABC of some 'commonly used' and some 'not so popular' office jargons.. A must read before you step into your next meeting

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2. dministrivia
(n)
all the trivial tasks
that management
is far too qualified
to suffer through

3. lamestorming
(v)
Discussion with
an aim of finding
a scapegoat

4. hainsaw consultant
(n)
An individual
brought on board to
do management’s
dirty work at layoff
time

5. ecruit
(v)
Opposite of Recruit
Recruit.
Often used as a
term to fire senior
officials

6. go surfing
(v)
Searching the web
for ‘yourself’

7. lying Circus
(n)
Management
team appointed
to inspect local
operations

8. ear Head
(n)
Technical Expert

9. ead Shunting
(v)
Secret hiring of a
head hunter to
persuade a non
performer to join
another organization

10. nto the weeds
Presenting technical
details in a
discussion when
purpose was to stay
at a basic overview
level

11. argonaut
(n)
A true master of
ridiculous jargons

12. eepage
(n)
Opposite of
garbage

13. ifehack
(n)
Any method of
improving one’s
productivity or
quality of life

14. ulti-slacker
(n)
A person who can
perform many
unproductive
things at the
same time

15. ontreprenuer
(n)
An executive who
demands growth
from his team but
is afraid of taking
any risk

16. ffice pretty
(n)
A female co
worker who is
attractive only in
comparison to
others in office

17. owerpointless
(adj)
Funny graphics and
animations in
presentations which
distract your audience
instead of clarifying

18. uick Win
(n)
Small steps with
expectations of
immediate results

19. ightsizing
(v)
A gentler way to
say downsizing

20. hotgun approach
(n)
A wide,
wide
untargeted
strategy

21. urkey Farm
(n)
A division used to
store the
incompetent or
unfireable

22. psell
(v)
Induce customer
to buy more
expensive items
and/or add ons

23. alue Proposition
(n)
A collection of
tangible and
intangible things
your product
offers

24. ith all due respect
Generally used
prior to showing
no respect at all

25. erox subsidy
(n)
Practice of using
company’s photo
copier and fax
machine for
personal reasons

26. our Take
Your point of view

27. ero Zero Split
(n)
The opportunity to waste
time when working on
two projects
simultaneously by telling
one boss that you are
busy with the other

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