Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Business Jargon to Plain Speech Dictionary

Today we present the Business Jargon to Plain Speech Dictionary:

"visibility into": knowledge of

"He has no visibility into the difference between his rear and a hole in the ground."

means

"He has no knowledge of the difference between his rear and a hole in the ground."

"a win": good

"This is a win."

means

"This is good."

Likewise,

"This is a win meatloaf."

means

"This is good meatloaf."

"at the end of the day": (has no meaning; can be removed from a sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence)

"At the end of the day, I'm just full of hot air."

means

"I'm just full of hot air."

"leverage": use

"At the end of the day, a crowbar leverages leverage to multiply mechanical force. This is a win."

means

"A crowbar uses leverage to multiply mechanical force. This is good."

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