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18th Feb 2021, 20:36

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treadigraph

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it's all WiFi which is short for... I'll leave it for you to guess.

18th Feb 2021, 20:58

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“Gluten free” or “sugar free” on products which would never contain either ingredient in the first place.

Might as well add E. Coli free, but that’s not a buzzword, and is less certain in food products...

18th Feb 2021, 21:50

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Originally Posted by Hydromet

...and are you getting a digital update?

Only after logging off.

18th Feb 2021, 23:00

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Weasel word

Is that a buzzword, or a description of some buzzwords?

18th Feb 2021, 23:02

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Gaslighting

I haven’t figured that one out completely. Doh!

19th Feb 2021, 02:22

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M.Mouse

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"any kind of retreat or reverse ferret"

Clearly you do not read Private Eye.

19th Feb 2021, 14:39

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osborne

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Mars Rover

Even the BBC is at it: "Going forward, this means that much of the management of the rover ..."
Maybe it doesn't have a reverse gear.

19th Feb 2021, 22:40

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Nominal

It means everything is going according to plan with no surprises.

For most people in a similar situation, it means, “We are thrilled that everything is going so well!”

19th Feb 2021, 23:28

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Cat3508

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Conscious uncoupling

20th Feb 2021, 00:18

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Loose rivets

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Rife in Texas was, I'm going to go ahead and . . .

The issue with me was the number of times it was said in one conversation.

We must have had, 'Bear with me' from a telephone operator. How many times I've bitten my tongue to stay out of jail.

20th Feb 2021, 00:27

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I suppose it would be wrong to ask if she meant, “Do you want to go bare with me?”

20th Feb 2021, 06:49

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Identify...

20th Feb 2021, 07:12

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N707ZS

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I keep reading about "roadmaps" this morning.

20th Feb 2021, 07:32

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Allan Lupton

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Originally Posted by N707ZS

I keep reading about "roadmaps" this morning.

Yes it seems that "roadmap" is used by all sorts of people from the PM down where "plan" is what they mean and would be clearer.

20th Feb 2021, 07:51

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I didn't think many people used roadmaps anymore...

20th Feb 2021, 16:22

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Krystal n chips

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A classic ! ..taken from a report in the Guardian about easing the lockdown....."roadmap " also gets an earlier mention..

" He accused the government of failing to produce a “holistic cost-benefit analysis”

20th Feb 2021, 18:22

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Tango and Cash

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"With that being said..." First use I'm ok with, the first statement being a qualifier for what comes next. But after the 14th use in a 20 minute conversation...