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| 192. | We need to understand this whole plan, soup to nuts. | 2007-12-14 16:16:16 |
| 191. | We are developing a massive partner eco-sphere | 2007-08-02 20:06:03 |
| 190. | "Can we get a checkmark for that? Is it an accomplishment?" | 2007-05-16 11:22:56 |
| 189. | "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 |
| 188. | "Can you give me the talking staff" in reference to allowing someone to speak at a meeting. | 2007-05-16 08:45:03 |
| 187. | "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 |
| 186. | "I'm sick of jumping through my ass for you." | 2007-05-15 00:41:20 |
| 185. | "War Room" | 2007-05-09 13:15:39 |
| 184. | "I'm putting out an APB ASAP for ..." meaning an All Points Bulletin As Soon As Possible. | 2007-04-18 22:03:48 |
| 183. | "You're going to have to put humpty back together." | 2006-12-25 19:39:20 |
| 182. | "Thank you. You've pulled a nugget out of a big pile of dung." | 2006-12-20 18:10:12 |
| 181. | Coding something "the Kmart way" (The quick and sleazy way). | 2006-12-11 19:38:57 |
| 180. | It's like trying to fry an egg before the chicken lays it. | 2006-12-11 19:37:44 |
| 179. | "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 |
| 178. | Now we have to play "let's pin the tail on the donkey." | 2006-11-13 17:18:44 |
| 177. | Follow the bunny trail back. | 2006-10-27 14:30:05 |
| 176. | "Mickey Mouse diagram" - Referred to a technical diagram that was dumbed down and looked a little cartoony. | 2006-10-18 22:22:16 |
| 175. | They succeeded in throwing the baby out with the bath water. | 2006-10-16 17:32:13 |
| 174. | Here we have a case of the tail wagging the dog. | 2006-10-04 15:21:40 |
| 173. | 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 |
| 172. | "Sanitize the area" (Used in connection with export control) | 2006-08-28 15:21:32 |
| 171. | When you play in a sandbox that long, you're bound to pick up some dirt. | 2006-08-23 12:07:16 |
| 170. | "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 |
| 169. | Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) | 2006-06-01 11:01:05 |
| 168. | "Fingers to fist" | 2006-06-01 11:00:04 |
| 167. | "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 |
| 166. | 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 |
| 165. | "This re-org will allow Project Engineers to cross-pollenate." | 2006-05-23 19:13:23 |
| 164. | Explosion Proofness (Located in a Software Req't Spec) | 2006-04-25 12:31:43 |
| 163. | Biting the Bridle. | 2006-04-25 10:34:01 |
| 162. | "The level of officialness that this is." | 2006-04-10 16:11:49 |
| 161. | 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 |
| 160. | "It's really a matter of perception management" (regarding an appraisal) | 2006-04-06 16:08:28 |
| 159. | If you want something primitive, I can have some kind of something set somewhere. (Code change) | 2006-04-06 16:03:07 |
| 158. | All stick and no carrot. | 2006-04-03 09:15:30 |
| 157. | Regarding a requirement: "It was de-shallified." | 2006-03-30 13:13:53 |
| 156. | It wasn't a problem before we didn't know about it. | 2006-03-15 17:08:54 |
| 155. | "I have a problem with STDs". (Software Test Descriptions) | 2006-03-09 10:35:09 |
| 154. | "escalation procedure" | 2005-11-23 00:48:40 |
| 153. | "problematic" | 2005-11-23 00:47:49 |
| 152. | "It's time to let the cats out of the barn." | 2005-07-18 21:22:46 |
| 151. | "I'm bumper to bumper meetings all day." | 2005-05-02 12:11:35 |
| 150. | Project Synchronicity | 2005-05-02 09:28:06 |
| 149. | "Let's go over this in case I get hit by a bus." | 2005-03-08 19:52:07 |
| 148. | "Let's pow-wow" referring to meeting to discuss a subject matter. | 2005-03-08 19:51:55 |
| 147. | 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 |
| 146. | "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 |
| 145. | What's that got to do with the cost of bread? | 2004-04-02 16:53:50 |
| 144. | can do attitude | 2004-04-02 16:53:28 |
| 143. | Value added / Add value to | 2004-04-02 13:36:01 |
| 142. | Critical path | 2004-04-02 13:32:20 |
| 141. | We've raised the bar so high there is no bar! | 2004-01-22 16:06:06 |
| 140. | check off on the punch list! | 2003-07-29 12:29:33 |
| 139. | Tribal Elders | 2003-07-29 10:49:24 |
| 138. | You need tribal knowledge on that one. | 2003-07-29 10:45:55 |
| 137. | attack the low hanging fruit | 2003-07-28 14:01:48 |
| 136. | RTFM | 2003-07-28 13:52:38 |
| 135. | I'll try to strongarm him into doing that! | 2003-07-28 13:43:02 |
| 134. | Saying "under-utilized resource" to refer to someone who is BORED | 2003-07-28 13:37:48 |
| 133. | skill set | 2003-07-28 12:44:58 |
| 132. | action item | 2003-07-28 12:44:52 |
| 131. | can you take that as an action item? | 2003-07-28 12:42:51 |
| 130. | Are you reading my alphabet soup yet? | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 129. | The real nuts & bolts of this is the alphabet soup. | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 128. | Make sure everybody is on the same sheet of music | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 127. | Peel the onion back | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 126. | Convert to apples | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 125. | Learning by the seat of your pants | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 124. | catastrophizing | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 123. | Too many cooks in the kitchen | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 122. | Walked the talk | 2003-07-28 10:57:04 |
| 121. | Think fire hose | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 120. | Data dump | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 119. | It's like herding worms | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 118. | Vendors will be vendors | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 117. | Put the frame up before you put the roof on | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 116. | Working uphill | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 115. | Draw a line | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 114. | Interface loop | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 113. | Analysis paralysis | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 112. | People are human beings. | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 111. | refreshingly humanistic | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 110. | up to the bean counter level | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 109. | this serves as an earmark | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 108. | micro-management | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 107. | we need to huddle | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 106. | break the panic cycle | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 105. | we've raised the bar | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 104. | it's a double-edged sword | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 103. | getting wrapped around the axle | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 102. | pick which dog you want to run | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 101. | get a mind's eye view | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 100. | get buy-in | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 99. | give 'em the head nod | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 98. | full steam ahead | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 97. | put it on the hit list | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 96. | ahead of the power curve | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 95. | win-win situation | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 94. | "....to grandfather..." | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 93. | This is a pain in the ka-tookus | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 92. | Need to grease the skids | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 91. | Flow-up | 2003-07-28 10:57:03 |
| 90. | Be a Rover | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 89. | Toll gates to pass through | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 88. | Up to snuff | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 87. | Fly under the radar screen | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 86. | Keep Charging Ahead | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 85. | Air cover | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 84. | Rule of thumb | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 83. | If timing is an issue, then you have to dance around that. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 82. | Let me throw a little monkey wrench at ya! | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 81. | This was a go see exercise. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 80. | I'll bet you got a gold star in 2nd grade for printing. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 79. | Can you look at this and tell me how out-to-lunch I am? | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 78. | 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 |
| 77. | Like a steam ship going down the ocean | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 76. | If we bang our heads against the wall, maybe we can get the network guys in here. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 75. | We could be chasing our tails forever. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 74. | It gets complicated, well sort of complicated, ok it's not that complicated. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 73. | All that is, is a line in the sand that means nothing. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 72. | I don't make lawn darts! | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 71. | I think you need to look at your shalls to cover that philosophy. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 70. | The tail of the dog is getting bigger. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 69. | Spend plans don't mean nothin' to me! | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 68. | I may be able to pull some teeth and get these cards out. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 67. | "any phrase"......if you will. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 66. | Now that's the bellybutton to push | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 65. | A troop report | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 64. | Everyone cares about the card that has the dollar sign | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 63. | Holding so many cards you can't see | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 62. | If we're going to pull down our pants, we might as well show them the whole enchilada. | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 61. | Sometimes 1+1 doesn't equal 2 | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 60. | Patience young grasshopper | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 59. | Tasks on your plate | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 58. | Cross your T's and dot your I's | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 57. | Make sure we have our ducks in a row | 2003-07-28 10:57:02 |
| 56. | Develop a strawman | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 55. | Here is a 25,000 foot overview | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 54. | "Pinging" a person | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 53. | Pull our heads out of the sand | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 52. | Going forward in lockstep | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 51. | Going on a boondoggle | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 50. | Make sure we're on the same page | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 49. | Gazintas gazoutas | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 48. | Little behind the 8 - ball | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 47. | Putting the cart before the horse | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 46. | Up and down like a yo-yo | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 45. | Looking in the rearview mirror | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 44. | Housekeeping item | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 43. | Leveling the playing field | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 42. | Get you squared away | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 41. | You can't make a baby in one month by getting 9 women pregnant. | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 40. | I've got 100lb of crap and a 50lb bag. | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 39. | smoke and mirrors act | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 38. | too many chiefs, not enough indians | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 37. | non-participation rate | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 36. | salary action review | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 35. | trying to stuff marshmellows in a box | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 34. | it's like herding cats | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 33. | close the loop | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 32. | need to get in bed with a partner | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 31. | need to find the low hanging fruit | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 30. | a ping pong ball between two blind players | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 29. | pendulum swinging the other way | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 28. | roll up our sleeves | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 27. | this point in the game | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 26. | wing it | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 25. | game plan | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 24. | open pandora's box | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 23. | TBD | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 22. | OOP | 2003-07-28 10:57:01 |
| 21. | COB | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 20. | Give you a heads up | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 19. | KISS | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 18. | Think outside the box | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 17. | Touched base | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 16. | Find something out in real-time | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 15. | Find the best put.. | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 14. | Straw man | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 13. | To your point.. | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 12. | Don't try to boil the ocean. | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 11. | Leverage | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 10. | Realize bottom-line growth | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 9. | Flesh out | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 8. | Work smarter not harder | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 7. | Give it a once over | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 6. | The take away is... | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 5. | Get the ball rolling | 2003-07-28 10:57:00 |
| 4. | Synergy, synergistic | 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 |