return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoWhat's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst "corporate speak/buzzwords" that you absolutely hate?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-28 hours ago Ideate Ask (noun) Table Does “tabling” mean putting a subject on the table or taking it off?
minus-squareBluuTato@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours ago“That’s a big ask” drives me crazy. I’ve been hearing it everywhere lately. When did ‘ask’ become a noun?
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoA huge ask. The biggliest ask. Sir Mixalot dreams about this ask.
minus-squareWindyRebel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 hours agoTabling means to save for later. You put it in the table to deal with it another time.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoSo tabling it means it’s off the table?
minus-squareWindyRebel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThink of it as you’re holding a bag of groceries. You are going to put things away in the bag, but maybe some things need to go somewhere else so you pull it out of the bag and put it on the table to put it away later. You’ve tabled it.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIs this different from putting it in the parking lot?
Does “tabling” mean putting a subject on the table or taking it off?
“That’s a big ask” drives me crazy. I’ve been hearing it everywhere lately. When did ‘ask’ become a noun?
A huge ask. The biggliest ask. Sir Mixalot dreams about this ask.
Tabling means to save for later. You put it in the table to deal with it another time.
So tabling it means it’s off the table?
Think of it as you’re holding a bag of groceries. You are going to put things away in the bag, but maybe some things need to go somewhere else so you pull it out of the bag and put it on the table to put it away later.
You’ve tabled it.
Is this different from putting it in the parking lot?
Yup