(1). How fancy, snooty business men concluded meetings in England in the mid 1800’s.
(2). How fancy, snooty bankers & Wall Street folk currently conclude meetings.
“Old business?! No? On to new business then..”
New Business
RANDOM LINGO
Brown Bag Lunch
(1). A marketing event for which your company is too cheap to spring for food.
“So, we’re all really excited about next Tuesday’s brown bag lunch. We have a couple of speakers lined up … well, me and Jim here … and we’re hoping for a great turnout. Just remind all the people you invited that there’s a Subway across the street … *sigh* ….”
Gaining Traction
(1). What you tell your boss when he asks how much the company’s made off of that really expensive ad campaign you talked him into running.
“Well, I don’t think it’s right to measure our success in dollar terms, you know? But I can say that we’re gaining traction in our target demos, except for men 18 to 49, women 25 to 55 or children.”