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Corporate Jargon

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    Corporate jargon is workplace language, and is used to describe a set of words, phrases, or acronyms used in a business. These can be difficult to understand if new
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  • all hands meeting
    all employees must attend the meeting
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  • ball is in your court.
    It's your turn to share your ideas
  •  15
  • Put a pin in it
    stop talking about something for an undetermined amount of time
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  • solo thinking
    trying to solve a problem by yourself
  •  15
  • across the pond
    Reference to North American & Europe's position to each other
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  • to touch base
    a quick talk or email for an update on something
  •  15
  • All due respect
    an expression of disagreement or criticism.
  •  15
  • reinvent the wheel
    Recreating something that already exists, often unnecessarily
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  • play hard ball
    to be a tough negotiator
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  • barking up the wrong tree
    following the wrong course of action
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  • The elephant in the room
    an obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging
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  • the way the cookie crumbles
    the way things work out
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  • Eat a reality sandwich
    Living in reality, facing what is going on around you
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  • a dog in this fight
    Having a good chance at success
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  • brownie points
    an imaginary reward, for doing good deeds, finding success or earning favour with someone
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  • jumping through hoops
    have to use extreme amount of effort to achieve something
  •  10