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(1). Term used while on a conference call, paying no attention to what’s being said and working on something else completely different.
“Oh, sorry, can you repeat that? I was multi-tasking.”
Props to Kevin for the submission.
(1). In real estate listings, a house that is way too small for you and your seven kids to live in.
“I think you’re just going to love this next one! It’s an adorable three-bedroom cape right on a quiet, little corner lot. Those lights? Oh, it’s just the 7-Eleven parking lot. Don’t worry, almost no one ever tries to jump the fence.”
(1). To call upon the resources of other areas of the company in order to arrive at a solution for a client request.
(2). To employ the assistance of other areas of the firm, usually used by H.R. or management to suggest that the firm operates as one, cohesive unit, when in actuality it operates as several, disjointed and often combative factions.
“Look Susan, I just don’t think your leveraging your resources here enough. There is absolutely no reason that you can’t ask the person sitting next to you where the bathroom is.”
