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(1). A term that compares the final stages of a project, to the fight to the death between Jacob Kell and Duncan MacLeod in Highlander.
“Well I don’t get it Vito, what’s their endgame here? Do they want to be the best dog grooming truck on the market or don’t they? There can be only one!”
(1). When the HR department says you can’t use the word “layoff” when referring to cutting staff positions, you say the organization is “rightsizing.”
“Listen Bill, I’m also trying to ‘rightsize’ my clothing, but it doesn’t have anything to do with my budget.”
Props to Kate V. for the submission.
(1). n – The release of a new product, service offering or application, intended to get empolyees excited about something that likely has no impact on them whatsoever.
(2). v – To release a new product, service offering or application. The term is most often used by IT to allow employees to pretend the application they created (which likely will be used to improve the company’s email inbox capacity) has contributed to the launch of the Starship Enterprise.
