hate that one so much. Also "circle back" "touch base" and "notional"

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Oct 8, 2019
9:41:52am

Mayor of Cougartown All-American

hate that one so much. Also "circle back" "touch base" and "notional"

people think they know what it means but they don't.

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Mayor of Cougartown

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Best "unique" phrases you learned at work?

Ragnar Danneskjold #$4,000,000neverforget

10/8/19 8:44am

I spend a lot of time in construction. I should probably not participate in this thread.

kccougar

10/8/19 8:48am

Love that phrase. I heard it in a little different context - a bad idea or dumb

Santos L. Halper

10/8/19 8:50am

That's something I'd want to get addressed.

zerigke

10/8/19 8:58am

Had a co-worker who would say fantabulous. It was awful.

10/8/19 9:03am

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macaroni

10/8/19 9:08am

“Three legged dog is better than no dog”

Noni Fruit

10/8/19 9:09am

I had a coworker who always used the term "netizen" to talk about people on the

Skeptical Optimist

10/8/19 9:12am

This isn’t unique but I can’t stand “please advise”

10/8/19 9:16am

"I've got a booger to wipe on you" meaning an unpleasant task/assignment

byujag

10/8/19 9:17am

In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king

run26

10/8/19 9:26am

Volentold

BlueFreak

10/8/19 9:29am

*Voluntold

Iman23

10/8/19 9:43am

Dollars to donuts. Hate it.

Pro Logic

10/8/19 9:30am

hate that one so much. Also "circle back" "touch base" and "notional"

Mayor of Cougartown

10/8/19 9:41am

"From soup to nuts"

MapCoug

10/8/19 9:33am

That's a pretty common idiom. Means from beginning to end - a full course dinner

Skeptical Optimist

10/8/19 9:41am

It’s stupid because who really ever sees a tray of nuts after dinner?

run26

10/8/19 9:48am

sounds dumb like something Europeans would do and then rip Americans for being

Mayor of Cougartown

10/8/19 9:52am

The fanciest restaurant I've ever eaten at put out a tray of nuts with the bill at the end of the meeting

cheezedawg

10/8/19 3:48pm

Annoying lady at work always says, "somebody has a case of the Mondays"

Thrill

10/8/19 10:06am

Misused phrase seen in email a few times: "touch all basis" instead of "bases"

Thrill

10/8/19 10:09am

The retired navy guy on our dock always has best lines "That guy can kiss my

Kauai

10/8/19 10:12am

"flush something out" when they mean "flesh something out"

Iman23

10/8/19 10:21am

"The guy is so dumb he couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel".

HighHorse

10/8/19 5:04pm

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