(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
To His / Her Point
(1). An annoying, and grammatically incorrect, segue used to simultaneously sound like you were paying attention in a meeting and stroke your boss’ ego by agreeing with, or basically repeating, what they’ve just said – before adding your own idea gem.
“To Jesse’s point, I think it’s a great idea to spend the event budget on those adorable dancing dogs; and we should definitely have them incorporate our logo into their choreography.”
Props to Marlayna R. for the submission.
RANDOM LINGO
Sunset
(1). To retire or stop supporting due to age. Usually referring to old programming or a product.
“It’s time to sunset that widget, there are much cooler ones on the market today.”
Props to Lisa M. for the submission.
Map
(1). To plan out connections between systems.
(2). To plan out connections between businesses.
(3). To plan out connec…oh, whatever, it’s just some stupid expression tech guys use to make it sound like whatever project they’re working on is going to be way more complicated than it actually will be….
“Okay, so before we can get started on the functional spec for the new GUI, we’re going to have to map the current system flows, inter-custody SEFT protocols and…man, this sounds like a lot of work…any room in the budget for a consultant?”