Corporate Speak
Corporate Speak
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Corporate Speak
Posted: 6/6/13 at 10:11pmOk, all of you who work in Corporate America. I'm usually up on all the corporate buzzwords, but today I heard one I hadn't heard. A woman said, "How do you guardrail that?" Has anyone else heard this?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#2Corporate Speak
Posted: 6/6/13 at 10:15pm
from Wikipedia:
Guard rail or guardrail, sometimes referred to as guide rail or railing, is a system designed to keep people or vehicles from (in most cases unintentionally) straying into dangerous or off-limits areas. A handrail is less restrictive than a guard rail and provides both support and the protective limitation of a boundary.
Think the meaning is obvious.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2Corporate Speak
Posted: 6/6/13 at 10:31pmI'm not questioning the meaning. I'm asking if this is commonly used terminology. "Think outside the box" was self-explanatory but became a corporate buzzword.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#3Corporate Speak
Posted: 6/6/13 at 10:46pmActually. I believe it has been a buzz word for a while otherwise it wouldn't a a Wikipedia entry with it's variants.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#4Corporate Speak
Posted: 6/6/13 at 11:02pmI've heard it used in the political world, though I don't know if I heard it before Sandy. I've also heard the "third rail" (also obvious meaning) for over a decade. Can't speak for the corporate world.
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