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The Horrible Creep of Linguistics

Started by Richter, July 30, 2009, 01:22:36 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#30
July 31, 2009, 06:57:58 PM
Quote from: LMNO on July 31, 2009, 06:53:06 PM
And you thought George W Bush was mangling the language...



...wait, he was an MBA, too...  "Strategery" makes sense, now. 

We must strategerize our core...UNNNNNNNNNNNG!  I CAN'T DO IT!
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#31
July 31, 2009, 07:03:24 PM
Easy on that ticker, old man!

The Good Reverend Roger

#32
July 31, 2009, 07:13:37 PM
Quote from: LMNO on July 31, 2009, 07:03:24 PM
Easy on that ticker, old man!

Bah!  If I can't rage out, why live?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Brotep

#33
July 31, 2009, 08:37:07 PM
Honestly, I thought this thread would be about Noam Chomsky.

The Good Reverend Roger

#34
July 31, 2009, 08:45:13 PM
Quote from: Anton on July 31, 2009, 08:37:07 PM
Honestly, I thought this thread would be about Noam Chomsky.

No, that would be "The horrible creep of blame America for every bad thing in the world."
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Kai

#35
July 31, 2009, 11:06:08 PM
Quote from: LMNO on July 31, 2009, 06:53:06 PM
And you thought George W Bush was mangling the language...



...wait, he was an MBA, too...  "Strategery" makes sense, now. 

:x :lulz: :lulz: :argh!:
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Richter

#36
August 01, 2009, 02:04:55 AM
Quote from: MMIX on July 31, 2009, 06:47:20 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on July 31, 2009, 06:44:22 PM
Quote from: LMNO on July 31, 2009, 01:42:38 PM
"Leveraging core competecies to incent the drive for bleeding edge mission critical turnkey solutions."



Yes, I actually heard the above sentence used.  For real.

That's when I reach for the bludgeon. 

"incent"  what the fuck is that shit?  :crankey:

its a verb Roger . . . you obviously don't got an MBA [Must Be an Asshole]

Load your portfolio with quarters.  Just in case.
I avoid meetings unless something is actually happening in them.
For good fun, question people when they get into that sort of language.   
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#37
August 01, 2009, 03:32:49 AM
Quote from: Anton on July 31, 2009, 08:37:07 PM
Honestly, I thought this thread would be about Noam Chomsky.

:lulz:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Epimetheus

#38
August 01, 2009, 05:57:22 AM
I've never said "Bonus!" (nor heard it said), and I've never used "leverage" as a verb.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#39
August 01, 2009, 05:59:57 AM
I need to be a consultant, to teach these fuckwads how to speak English again.

Yes, it will involve negative reinforcement.

Yes, it will hurt a great deal.

No, rides to the ER will not be included.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

BADGE OF HONOR

#40
August 01, 2009, 06:01:41 AM
Document, document, document.
The Jerk On Bike rolled his eyes and tossed the waffle back over his shoulder--before it struck the ground, a stout, disconcertingly monkey-like dog sprang into the air and snatched it, and began to masticate it--literally--for the sound it made was like a homonculus squatting on the floor muttering "masticate masticate masticate".

The Good Reverend Roger

#41
August 01, 2009, 06:02:34 AM
Quote from: BADGE OF HONOR on August 01, 2009, 06:01:41 AM
Document, document, document.

If anyone on my payroll ever says "incent", I will fire, fire, fire.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

BADGE OF HONOR

#42
August 01, 2009, 06:06:37 AM
Most excellent.  I've recently had to read a couple books on business management and they're chock full of that kind of shit.   :x
The Jerk On Bike rolled his eyes and tossed the waffle back over his shoulder--before it struck the ground, a stout, disconcertingly monkey-like dog sprang into the air and snatched it, and began to masticate it--literally--for the sound it made was like a homonculus squatting on the floor muttering "masticate masticate masticate".

Rumckle

#43
August 01, 2009, 06:22:51 AM
I still hate the word "synergy"

Fuck you Ben Mack, and your Fullerine lingo
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

The Good Reverend Roger

#44
August 01, 2009, 06:32:56 AM
Quote from: BADGE OF HONOR on August 01, 2009, 06:06:37 AM
Most excellent.  I've recently had to read a couple books on business management and they're chock full of that kind of shit.   :x

It makes up for the fact that the author doesn't know anything about management.

Business management is actually quite simple.  Either you can get the producers (and believe me, as a manager you are NOT a producer) to produce, or you can't.  Personally, I take the easy way out.  I treat my people like adults, and then fire the people that don't respond to that.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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