(1). A basketball term used by management to pressure sales staff to concentrate on a favored (read: expensive) or, more likely, under-performing product.
Full Court Press
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Work Spouses
(1). Two co-workers who are currently engaged (or appear to be engaged) in an extramarital affair.
“You and Sean are totally work spouses. Hey, weren’t you wearing that blouse yesterday?”
Putting Out Fires
(1). An expression used to imply that you have been dealing with crises all day, in an attempt to (1) passive-aggressively complain about your job, (2) make yourself seem more important than you actually are, or (3) avoid taking on more work.
“Man, the bigger clients I almost exclusively work on are so demanding! I’ve been putting out fires all afternoon. I wish I worked on smaller, less meaningful clients like you, Jaime. My life would be so much easier!”