Back-to-Back
bak tuh bakadjective
What it means
Describes a calendar with no gaps, read by management as a measure of commitment rather than a symptom.
What it actually means
There is no time to think, and that is the point.
How it is used in a sentence
"I'm back-to-back until four, can we do five?"
Filed under
Work & Ambition — Everything your employer calls a benefit and your therapist calls a symptom.
Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.
Related entries
Hard Stop
Business Bafflegabhard stopnounBafflegab
The moment a meeting must end, disclosed forty minutes in and treated by everyone as an act of God rather than a calendar.
Real meaningI have somewhere better to be, and you are hearing about it now.
Burnout
Work & AmbitionBURN-owtnounDiagnosis
The occupational condition produced by a culture that has a word for it precisely so that it does not have to change.
Real meaningYou are exhausted and it is your responsibility to fix it.