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(1). To beat an issue to death over and over again, usually for the benefit of one guy on the conference call who just can’t seem to get it.
“Look, fellas…I don’t want to make glue out of a dead horse here, but I’m still not seeing the benefit to switching to GEICO.”
(1). A term used to describe staffing on (a) the day after Thanksgiving, (b) a Friday in August, or (c) any day on which your boss is traveling.
“Well, we’re running with a bit of a skeleton crew today, so I’m thinking you should probably call back on Monday. Have a great weekend!”
(1). A way to attack an issue from multiple fronts, usually suggested by people who can’t decide what to do and try to just throw everything at the problem in hopes that one of their ideas will work.
“Okay, team…we are going to use a three-pronged approach to resolve our recent data security problem. Step 1: Everyone now needs a password to log in to the system. Step 2: Jeff in IT should not have a password. Step 3: Fire Jeff in IT.”
Props to Carlos B. for the submission.
