(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
Turbo Charge
(1). Term used to sell a super-expensive yet totally useless idea to a client.
“We’re gonna turbo charge your pet food campaign by live-casting happy marmots dancing on the moon on your custom YouTube channel! You know…the Internet loves funny animals nowadays….”
Props to Laurent P. for the submission.
360 Review
(1). An unnecessarily long and painful process requiring co-workers to “anonymously” highlight each other’s shortcomings to management. While many people graciously decline to say anything too damaging, some use the review as an opportunity to settle personal scores or to climb the corporate ladder in the traditional way (i.e. by crushing their co-workers).
“Okay, team. It’s time for 360 reviews again. You need to ask at least 10 people and, remember, I don’t really read these things, so feel free to say anything you like.”