![]() ![]() In my experience, we’re not the guilty party. There are complaints that we can’t write in full sentences or with proper grammar. There’s often talk about the youngest generations in the workforce (specifically, millennials) ruining communication. I’ll let the submitter take this one: “1. FU is short for the phrase that we were all thinking, “follow up.” This was one of those “phrases” that really just seemed to be specific to this submitter’s office. Submitted by: Anonymous, Executive Assistant “Where’s Lulu? The deadline is coming up! Please don’t tell me she’s thinking about hamsters again.”įrom Lulu: “Never. She can’t help but visualize someone juggling hamsters-which is probably not the best mindset to be in when things are hectic around the office. She dislikes this phrase because of the horrible imagery. Lulu’s train of thought was similar to mine. Turns out it doesn’t mean, “I accidentally let out the flying squirrels that we weirdly keep in our office.” It actually means, “there’s a lot going on right now or things are getting hectic.” I had definitely never heard this one before. Submitted by: Lulu Says, Freelance Writer/Content Provider Use when the conversation has drifted for more than a minute, and others in the team are disengaging. When Is It Appropriate to Use This Phrase? How do you take something offline, when you weren’t online to begin with? ![]() But as Kirby mentioned, when used face-to-face, the offline reference becomes pretty strange. This phrase saves time in a meeting when someone goes off topic. It means, “the thing we are talking about right now has gone off topic.” A courteous way to say, “let’s move on.” Perhaps Miranda’s definition is a little more straightforward: “Let’s shut up and talk about it later with only the people we need to. This is one of the more common phrases heard ‘round offices across America. Submitted by: Miranda Grueiro, Continuous Improvement Leader, and Kirby McLaine, Digital Strategist I’m taking the rest of the day off.” “Let’s take this offline” So without further ado, here are some of my favorite submissions-phrases that had me saying, “Will coworkers notice if I start using this all the time? or, “That person’s office culture seems … interesting.” and even, “I just can’t. That’s why I took it upon myself as the keeper of Career Contessa’s Instagram to reach out to you, our readers, to hear what you have to say about your favorite or most frustrating office catchphrases. “Confused unintelligible language.” “Obscure and often pretentious language marked by circumlocutions and long words.” “A literary device Aliya used to reach essay word counts in high school.” These are just a few ways that Webster’s Dictionary defines “jargon.”īut what exactly is office jargon? Not only are dictionary definitions the “cop out” of writing introductions, they are also inadequate descriptors when trying to fully grasp the beauty and magic of office jargon.
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