Business BafflegabEuphemism
Learnings
LUR-ningznoun
What it means
The plural of mistakes, used by people who are not permitted to say mistakes.
What it actually means
We failed and have prepared a slide.
How it is used in a sentence
"There are some really valuable learnings from this quarter."
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Business Bafflegab — Language engineered so that nothing is ever anyone’s fault and no decision is ever final.
Euphemism — The phrase hides something specific. We decode it.
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Business Bafflegabdeep dyvnounBafflegab
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.
Real meaningThe answer was in the first four minutes. This is what we did instead.