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All posts tagged
jargon
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March 18, 2024Phrases for Hiring Committees to Use Instead of “We’re a Family”
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February 14, 2024Ten Things to Say at Your Next Meeting Instead of “To Piggyback off Your Idea”
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July 26, 2023Use My New Slang in Meetings and Score Accordingly
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January 31, 2019Tech Jargon Translations
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November 19, 2018A Parent’s Guide to Your Teenager’s Linguistic Distillation of Classic AP Lit Titles
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July 9, 2018Seeking Technical Mechanics Project Facilitator for Flow-Management Optimalization, Back-End Concordance Manifestations, and Other Things Too
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May 5, 2016I’m Not Sure How to Weigh In On This, But I’m Going to Weigh In On This
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July 1, 2010Your Money… Your Job… Your Life, With Alison Rosen: Column 5: You Can Haz Rewarding Career! (or Maybe: “Use Internet Slang to Sound Relevant”)
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November 6, 2007My Workplace Eulogy, as Given by My Boss, in Office Jargon
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October 11, 2007Off Duty Situations In Which An Officer Of The Law Might Use His Fancy Police Report Jargon To Impress People