(1). How fancy, snooty business men began meetings in England in the mid 1800’s.
(2). How fancy, snooty bankers & Wall Street folk currently begin meetings.
“Old business?! No? On to new business then..”
Old Business
RANDOM LINGO
Literally
(1). The opposite of “literally”.
“If Bob asks that question again in this meeting, I’m going to literally blow my head off!”
Props to T. P. for the submission.
Call Option
(1). A small, unprofitable piece of business your sales guy convinces you to take, claiming “there’s a lot of money behind this one.”
“Yeah, I know the fee on this one doesn’t even cover our cost, but this is a call option opportunity. This guy tells us his company’s going public soon – no, he didn’t say when – and we’ll already be in there when it does!”