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Author: curmudgeon
Date: Jun 22, 2008 20:43

Is this the way we all should and must speak now ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7457287.stm
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Re: Rhetorical Gibberish         


Author: ZerkonX
Date: Jun 23, 2008 07:44

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:43:02 -0600, curmudgeon wrote:
> Is this the way we all should and must speak now ?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7457287.stm

From:

http://www.portfolio.com/resources/business-intelligence/corporate-speak

action item
An urgent task requiring immediate action—from someone else.

as discussed
A phrase used to remind someone of a conversation that has never taken
place: “You don’t remember? That’s strange. We definitely discussed it.”

assign ownership
To dump responsibility on someone else as quickly as possible.

at the end of the day
Never mind what happened during the day. What’s important is that no one
got indicted.
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