{"id":936,"date":"2007-08-14T23:05:24","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T05:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/2007\/08\/14\/biz-word-bingo-on-the-table\/"},"modified":"2007-08-14T23:05:24","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T05:05:24","slug":"biz-word-bingo-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/2007\/08\/14\/biz-word-bingo-on-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Biz-word Bingo "On The Table""},"content":{"rendered":"

Seth Godin<\/a> posted a fun list of over-used business phrases<\/a>. For example, the current #11:<\/p>\n

\nBrings a lot of value to the table\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I always liked this idea of “the table.” NPR’s On the Media<\/i> had a great segment this week about The Table and how much you can stick on it<\/a>. The Table has the magical property that, once something is on it, it can’t come off.<\/p>\n

Of course, for my money, I always liked Econobonics<\/a> best, e.g.:<\/p>\n

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31. “Put it on the treadmill and see if it will move the needle on the Geiger counter”<\/p>\n

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  • Desc: Holy Crap!<\/li>\n
  • Users: Only one individual has dared to say this beast.\n <\/li>\n
  • Example: Well team, I have no idea how the \u201cE\u201d-goat farm is going to pan out. I suggest we Put it on the treadmill and see if it will move the needle on the Geiger counter.<\/li>\n
  • Type: idiocy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    And, of course, my favorite:<\/p>\n

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    1. “Throw up all over”<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Desc: Used to describe the the unhappiness of one party with another party\u2019s deliverables.<\/li>\n
    • Users: Middle managers who are presenting a subordinates report\/idea to upper management<\/li>\n
    • Example: Holy Christ! Look at this margin degradation! Paxton over in Purchasing is going to throw up all over this.<\/li>\n
    • Type: nausea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      On pattern matching in business talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-analyst-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}