| Delete? | Quote | Explanation | Time Added |
|---|
| 206. | “going forward” | in the future | 2020-07-18 16:55:51 |
| 205. | “in a holding pattern” | waiting for something | 2020-05-05 16:32:49 |
| 204. | “place-based education” | opposite of remote education | 2020-05-01 13:53:43 |
| 203. | "Synergistic" | | 2020-04-24 04:11:17 |
| 202. | "Synergy" | | 2020-04-24 04:10:20 |
| 201. | “WFH” | work from home | 2020-04-24 03:00:49 |
| 200. | "flush out" | | 2020-04-24 02:59:20 |
| 199. | "flesh out" | | 2020-04-24 02:58:53 |
| 198. | "diversity hire" | | 2020-04-24 02:58:41 |
| 197. | "diversity" | | 2020-04-24 02:58:22 |
| 196. | “OOO” | out of office | 2020-04-19 19:15:52 |
| 195. | "in the cloud" | | 2020-04-19 19:11:58 |
| 194. | "ecosystem" | | 2020-04-19 19:10:25 |
| 193. | ““business logic— | | 2020-04-18 05:06:30 |
| 192. | intrapreneurship: When you empower employees to think and act entrepreneurially, it is called "intrapreneurship." It might be an employee who comes up with a great idea or a staffer who heads a project that he or she came up with. Either way, it's internal entrepreneurship, or intrapreneurship. Intrapreneurship is win-win: It gets staff motivated and involved, and does so for the benefit of your business. | | 2020-04-16 17:02:25 |
| 191. | "holistic approach to guide organizations through rapid and innovative change" | | 2020-04-12 22:23:51 |
| 190. | "organizational development and change management services utilizing a rapid implementation approach" | | 2020-04-12 22:23:19 |
| 189. | "Is the 14th erection day?" | Referring to the beginning of the building of a prototype. | 2010-08-14 16:35:48 |
| 188. | "He was born on third base, but thought he hit a triple to get there" | | 2008-09-09 00:11:59 |
| 187. | “We need to understand this whole plan, soup to nuts.” | | 2007-12-14 16:16:16 |
| 186. | “We are developing a massive partner eco-sphere” | | 2007-08-02 20:06:03 |
| 185. | "Can we get a checkmark for that? Is it an accomplishment?" | | 2007-05-16 11:22:56 |
| 184. | "We're going to have to have a 'coming to Jesus' meeting with XXXXX" meaning getting someone to agree to something. | | 2007-05-16 08:49:21 |
| 183. | "Can you give me the talking staff" in reference to allowing someone to speak at a meeting. | | 2007-05-16 08:45:03 |
| 182. | "Please advise" added to the end of any question in an email to make it sound more important/urgent. | | 2007-05-16 08:44:00 |
| 181. | "I'm sick of jumping through my ass for you." | | 2007-05-15 00:41:20 |
| 180. | "War Room" | | 2007-05-09 13:15:39 |
| 179. | "I'm putting out an APB ASAP for ..." meaning an All Points Bulletin As Soon As Possible. | | 2007-04-18 22:03:48 |
| 178. | "You're going to have to put humpty back together." | | 2006-12-25 19:39:20 |
| 177. | "Thank you. You've pulled a nugget out of a big pile of dung." | | 2006-12-20 18:10:12 |
| 176. | Coding something "the Kmart way" (The quick and sleazy way). | | 2006-12-11 19:38:57 |
| 175. | “It's like trying to fry an egg before the chicken lays it.” | | 2006-12-11 19:37:44 |
| 174. | "They're going to jiggle my front end."
Corporate culture speak for getting an alignment on a '99 Dodge Durango. | | 2006-11-18 16:25:27 |
| 173. | Now we have to play "let's pin the tail on the donkey." | | 2006-11-13 17:18:44 |
| 172. | “Follow the bunny trail back.” | | 2006-10-27 14:30:05 |
| 171. | "Mickey Mouse diagram" - Referred to a technical diagram that was dumbed down and looked a little cartoony. | | 2006-10-18 22:22:16 |
| 170. | “They succeeded in throwing the baby out with the bath water.” | | 2006-10-16 17:32:13 |
| 169. | “Here we have a case of the tail wagging the dog.” | | 2006-10-04 15:21:40 |
| 168. | Wordsmith a document (i.e. "Let's just brainstorm and get the ideas down on paper. We can wordsmith later.") | | 2006-08-30 12:27:33 |
| 167. | "Sanitize the area" (Used in connection with export control) | | 2006-08-28 15:21:32 |
| 166. | “When you play in a sandbox that long, you're bound to pick up some dirt.” | | 2006-08-23 12:07:16 |
| 165. | "A mysterious package could be a boon to those who see its contents - or a trouble-filled Pandora's box." (Competitor/Proprietary Info Training) | | 2006-08-23 12:05:27 |
| 164. | "Fingers to fist" | | 2006-06-01 11:00:04 |
| 163. | "If you don't have an oar in the water, or if you're rowing in the wrong direction..." (If you're not with us or are working against us) | | 2006-06-01 10:59:28 |
| 162. | Take a moment and put on your "I'm an auditor and have never been here before" hat. (Housekeeping tip posted near the copy machine) | | 2006-05-30 11:19:29 |
| 161. | "This re-org will allow Project Engineers to cross-pollenate." | | 2006-05-23 19:13:23 |
| 160. | “Explosion Proofness” | Located in a Software Req't Spec | 2006-04-25 12:31:43 |
| 159. | “Biting the Bridle.” | | 2006-04-25 10:34:01 |
| 158. | "The level of officialness that this is." | | 2006-04-10 16:11:49 |
| 157. | Regarding Software Test Documents:
"I have an STD problem"
"You have a problem with STDs."
"No, not STDs, I just have one." | | 2006-04-07 08:24:23 |
| 156. | "It's really a matter of perception management" (regarding an appraisal) | | 2006-04-06 16:08:28 |
| 155. | “If you want something primitive, I can have some kind of something set somewhere. (Code change)” | | 2006-04-06 16:03:07 |
| 154. | “All stick and no carrot.” | | 2006-04-03 09:15:30 |
| 153. | Regarding a requirement: "It was de-shallified." | | 2006-03-30 13:13:53 |
| 152. | “It wasn't a problem before we didn't know about it.” | | 2006-03-15 17:08:54 |
| 151. | "I have a problem with STDs". (Software Test Descriptions) | | 2006-03-09 10:35:09 |
| 150. | "escalation procedure" | | 2005-11-23 00:48:40 |
| 149. | "problematic" | | 2005-11-23 00:47:49 |
| 148. | "It's time to let the cats out of the barn." | | 2005-07-18 21:22:46 |
| 147. | "I'm bumper to bumper meetings all day." | | 2005-05-02 12:11:35 |
| 146. | “Project Synchronicity” | | 2005-05-02 09:28:06 |
| 145. | "Let's go over this in case I get hit by a bus." | | 2005-03-08 19:52:07 |
| 144. | "Let's pow-wow" referring to meeting to discuss a subject matter. | | 2005-03-08 19:51:55 |
| 143. | Putting on a "hat" | e.g. "If I take off my engineer hat, and put on my customer hat..." | 2004-04-02 16:59:37 |
| 142. | "I hope you guys felt empowered enough to do the right thing" | gave team no direction for 6 weeks | 2004-04-02 16:57:21 |
| 141. | “What's that got to do with the cost of bread?” | | 2004-04-02 16:53:50 |
| 140. | “can do attitude” | | 2004-04-02 16:53:28 |
| 139. | “Value added / Add value to” | | 2004-04-02 13:36:01 |
| 138. | “Critical path” | | 2004-04-02 13:32:20 |
| 137. | “We've raised the bar so high there is no bar!” | | 2004-01-22 16:06:06 |
| 136. | “check off on the punch list!” | | 2003-07-29 12:29:33 |
| 135. | “Tribal Elders” | | 2003-07-29 10:49:24 |
| 134. | “You need tribal knowledge on that one.” | | 2003-07-29 10:45:55 |
| 133. | “attack the low hanging fruit” | | 2003-07-28 14:01:48 |
| 132. | “I'll try to strongarm him into doing that!” | | 2003-07-28 13:43:02 |
| 131. | Saying "under-utilized resource" to refer to someone who is <b>BORED</b> | | 2003-07-28 13:37:48 |
| 130. | “skill set” | | 2003-07-28 12:44:58 |
| 129. | “can you take that as an action item?” | | 2003-07-28 12:42:51 |
| 128. | “Are you reading my alphabet soup yet?” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 127. | “The real nuts & bolts of this is the alphabet soup.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 126. | “Make sure everybody is on the same sheet of music” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 125. | “Peel the onion back” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 124. | “Convert to apples” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 123. | “Learning by the seat of your pants” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 122. | “catastrophizing” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 121. | “Too many cooks in the kitchen” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 120. | “Walked the talk” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 119. | “we've raised the bar” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 118. | “it's a double-edged sword” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 117. | “getting wrapped around the axle” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 116. | “pick which dog you want to run” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 115. | “get a mind's eye view” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 114. | “get buy-in” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 113. | “give 'em the head nod” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 112. | “full steam ahead” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 111. | “put it on the hit list” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 110. | “ahead of the power curve” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 109. | “win-win situation” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 108. | "....to grandfather..." | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 107. | “This is a pain in the ka-tookus” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 106. | “Need to grease the skids” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 105. | “Flow-up” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 104. | “Think fire hose” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 103. | “Data dump” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 102. | “It's like herding worms” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 101. | “Vendors will be vendors” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 100. | “Put the frame up before you put the roof on” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 99. | “Working uphill” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 98. | “Draw a line” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 97. | “Interface loop” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 96. | “Analysis paralysis” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 95. | “People <i>are</i> human beings.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 94. | “refreshingly humanistic” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 93. | “up to the bean counter level” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 92. | “this serves as an earmark” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 91. | “micro-management” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 90. | “we need to huddle” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 89. | “break the panic cycle” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 88. | “Be a Rover” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 87. | “Toll gates to pass through” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 86. | “Up to snuff” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 85. | “Fly under the radar screen” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 84. | “Keep Charging Ahead” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 83. | “air cover” | to provide support | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 82. | “Rule of thumb” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 81. | “If timing is an issue, then you have to dance around that.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 80. | “Let me throw a little monkey wrench at ya!” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 79. | “This was a go see exercise.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 78. | “I'll bet you got a gold star in 2nd grade for printing.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 77. | “Can you look at this and tell me how out-to-lunch I am?” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 76. | “Yeah, when the sky was blue and the sun was out...then a big cloud came by and dumped on us.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 75. | “Like a steam ship going down the ocean” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 74. | “If we bang our heads against the wall, maybe we can get the network guys in here.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 73. | “We could be chasing our tails forever.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 72. | “It gets complicated, well sort of complicated, ok it's not that complicated.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 71. | “All that is, is a line in the sand that means nothing.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 70. | “I don't make lawn darts!” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 69. | “I think you need to look at your shalls to cover that philosophy.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 68. | “The tail of the dog is getting bigger.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 67. | “Spend plans don't mean nothin' to me!” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 66. | “I may be able to pull some teeth and get these cards out.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 65. | "any phrase"......if you will. | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 64. | “Now that's the bellybutton to push” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 63. | “A troop report” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 62. | “Everyone cares about the card that has the dollar sign” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 61. | “Holding so many cards you can't see” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 60. | “If we're going to pull down our pants, we might as well show them the whole enchilada.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 59. | “Sometimes 1+1 doesn't equal 2” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 58. | “Patience young grasshopper” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 57. | “Tasks on your plate” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 56. | “Cross your T's and dot your I's” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 55. | “Make sure we have our ducks in a row” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 54. | “Develop a strawman” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 53. | “Here is a 25,000 foot overview” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 52. | "Pinging" a person | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 51. | “Pull our heads out of the sand” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 50. | “Going forward in lockstep” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 49. | “Going on a boondoggle” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 48. | “Make sure we're on the same page” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 47. | “Gazintas gazoutas” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 46. | “Little behind the 8 - ball” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 45. | “Putting the cart before the horse” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 44. | “Up and down like a yo-yo” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 43. | “Looking in the rearview mirror” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 42. | “Housekeeping item” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 41. | “Leveling the playing field” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 40. | “Get you squared away” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 39. | “You can't make a baby in one month by getting 9 women pregnant.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 38. | “I've got 100lb of crap and a 50lb bag.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 37. | “smoke and mirrors act” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 36. | “too many chiefs, not enough indians” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 35. | “non-participation rate” | getting a raise (or not) | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 34. | “salary action review” | getting a raise (or not) | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 33. | “trying to stuff marshmellows in a box” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 32. | “it's like herding cats” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 31. | “close the loop” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 30. | “need to get in bed with a partner” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 29. | “need to find the low hanging fruit” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 28. | “a ping pong ball between two blind players” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 27. | “pendulum swinging the other way” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 26. | “roll up our sleeves” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 25. | “this point in the game” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 24. | “wing it” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 23. | “game plan” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 22. | “open pandora's box” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 21. | “TBD” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 20. | “OOP” | out of plant | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 19. | “COB” | close of business | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 18. | “Give you a heads up” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 17. | “KISS” | keep it simple, stupid | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 16. | “Think outside the box” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 15. | “Touched base” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 14. | “Find something out in real-time” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 13. | “Find the best put..” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 12. | “Straw man” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 11. | “To your point..” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 10. | “Don't try to boil the ocean.” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 9. | “Leverage” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 8. | “Realize bottom-line growth” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 7. | “Work smarter not harder” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 6. | “Give it a once over” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 5. | “The take away is...” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 4. | “Get the ball rolling” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 3. | “Open kimono” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 2. | “Comparing apples to apples” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 1. | “Too many irons in the fire” | | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |