New buzzwords? AWESOME!

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

Okay, so I glanced over MSN news tonight as I was loading up a machine, and one of the headings was "18 Work Buzzwords to 'Take Offline'". The title alone made me laugh, so I had to take a look and see what the fine contributing journalists of MSN had to say...

First off, the original story is here.

The story starts out by listing some words and phrases that Robert Half International think should be stricken from the record. It goes on to mention newer phrases that we may be hearing more of in the near future, like these:

Bandwidth (n.) -- the amount of time and resources needed for a project.
Download (v.) -- assess the facts of a particular situation.

Please say that people aren't using crap like this. I've never heard it personally, but I guarantee that if any IT staff hears it that they'd laugh thier asses off.

[ZeUs!!]

"Low-hanging fruit" should definately be used more often in the workplace

[Sarien]

Dig the phraseology on that cat.

Crazy, Man. Crazy Cool.

Pardon me while I snap my fingers in approval.

[Sleepy Weasel]

It took me quite a bit of bandwidth to download that braindump of yours conc, but after some watercooler games I figured out a critical path to take advantage of some low-hanging fruit.

[King Missile]

The sad thing is the bastard gets $$ for bullshit like this. I find MSN news pretty pointless anyway. It's undercover advertising half the time and not interesting the other half.

[ZeUs!!]

My flatmate came home briefly last night absolutely trashed before he went on to the next club, and as he was about to leave he shouted "ALRIGHT LADS LETS GARY-GO-GO!", I nearly wet myself

[Ronin]

Well, the good majority of managers at my job use words like that in meetings etc... They call it 'Power-Talking'. I figure it's mainly an image thing, trying to seem smarter than they really are. I just shake my head everytime I hear them use it.

[Edify]

Well, the good majority of managers at my job use words like that in meetings etc... They call it 'Power-Talking'. I figure it's mainly an image thing, trying to seem smarter than they really are. I just shake my head everytime I hear them use it.

on the contrary...they seem even more ridiculous than before.

[Jeansi]

Ok I didn't get any of that, but maybe I would if someone would first tell me what a buzzword is?

[Fit of Rage]

Commonly used phrase, Jeansi.

If I ever hear someone say, "Let me download what's going on here," they're getting an ass-whipping right then and there.

[NaiLed]

a while ago me and this girl were just drawing stuff on the whiteboard and i said "hang on let me delete that"

doh

[Superted]

a while ago me and this girl were just drawing stuff on the whiteboard and i said "hang on let me delete that"

doh

Did you ge tin her pants afterwards?