Friday, June 22, 2012

The business of cliches............

Following the lead of Cultural Offering and The Mighty E,
Althouse points to the translation of 89 business cliches.  
A wee sampling:


24. Let’s square the circle = I’m someone who can unify two team members’ views and sound important
25. It’s our cash cow/protect/milk the cash cow = If that business goes south, we’re all out of a job
26. It’s about synergies/1 + 1 = 3 = I don’t get the math either, but it sounds like more and more is better, right?
27. Who’s going to step up to the plate? = One of you is going to do this and it’s not going to be me
28. We’re eating our own dog food = It sounds gross but we seem like honest folks if we do this


Full list is here

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