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Deep Dive

deep dyvnoun

What it means

A ninety-minute examination of a question that was answered in the first four, attended by eleven people, ending in a request for another meeting.

What it actually means

The answer was in the first four minutes. This is what we did instead.

How it is used in a sentence

"Let's do a deep dive next week and come back with a recommendation."

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.


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I am ignoring this until next quarter.

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