(1). What people start ending emails with after being promoted to senior management.
“Got it. thx“ (FYI – This is all you’re going to get out of them, so just consider it an approval. They’ll never know.)
thx
RANDOM LINGO
Touch Wood
(1). A seriously creepy way to say “knock on wood”. Just say “knock on wood”, Ariel Castro.
“Touch wood, but I think we really have a shot at getting approval for that new water cooler we asked for.”
Best Efforts
(1). A caveat added to a promise to complete a task requested after a known or stated deadline, often used by operations to pre-emptively excuse the fact that they have absolutely no intention of completing the annoyingly last-minute request in the first place.
“Well, given that it’s 4:30 on a Friday, running a report of all your transactions since 1996 by the end of the week is going to be on a best efforts basis…”