"Office Lingo" joke
Activate:
To make carbons and add more names to the memo.
Advanced Design:
Beyond the comprehension of the ad agency's copywriters.
All New:
Parts not interchangeable with existing models.
Approved:
Needs revising
Automatic:
That which you cannot repair yourself.
Channels:
The trails left by interoffice memos.
Clarify:
To fill in the background with so many details that the foreground goes underground.
Conference:
A place where conversation is substituted for the loneliness of thought and the dreariness of labor.
Confidential Memo:
No time to photocopy for the whole office.
Consultant:
Someone who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is and then walks away with the watch.
Forwarded For Your Consideration:
You hold the bag for a while.
FYI:
Found yesterday, interested?
In Conference:
Nobody can find him/her.
Let's Get Together On This:
I'm assuming you're as confused as I.
Note & Initial:
I'm not taking the fall for this myself.
Policy:
We can hide behind this.
Please See Me:
Come down to my office. I'm lonely.
Top Priority:
It may be stupid but the boss wants it.
We Are Taking A Survey:
We need more time to think of an answer or we can't find anyone willing to be responsible for this.
Will Advise In Due Course:
If we figure it out, we'll let you know.
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