Action Item

What it means

A task assigned aloud in a meeting so that it can be safely forgotten by everyone present.

What it actually means

Someone will be blamed for this later.

How it is used in a sentence

"I'll capture action items and circulate them by end of day."

Filed under

Business Bafflegab — Language engineered so that nothing is ever anyone’s fault and no decision is ever final.

Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.