Rant: Business Words
I've recently discovered a hideous term: buy-off. This awkward combination of "buy-in" and "sign-off" is used in the following manner, "we'll need buy-off from three people before we can send the document".
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2 comments:
That word sounds like it was created during Jean Chretien's cabinet discussions, less because of his mangled syntax but more due to his penchant for skullduggery.
I can think of a certain Associate Secretary of Cabinet in a rather large province who would have employed a similar term with similar motives.
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