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Stakeholder
STAYK-hohl-dernoun
What it means
Any of the nineteen people who must approve your work, none of whom have read it, and one of whom will object at the last possible moment.
What it actually means
Someone will say no on Friday afternoon.
How it is used in a sentence
"We'll need to get stakeholder buy-in before we proceed."
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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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Business Bafflegabuh-LYNverbEuphemism
To secure agreement by scheduling the same conversation four times, until the objections are too tired to attend.
Real meaningWe will keep meeting until you stop disagreeing.