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Stand-Up

STAND-upnoun

What it means

A brief daily meeting in which people describe work they have not done since the last one.

What it actually means

Fifteen minutes of performance before actual work.

How it is used in a sentence

"Let's keep stand-up to ten minutes today."

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.


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