Work & AmbitionBafflegab
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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