# CorpSpeak will drive me nuts

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corpspeak-will-drive-me-nuts/273029
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 4, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corpspeak-will-drive-me-nuts/273029 "2004-11-04T19:50:26Z")
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### Author: ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corpspeak-will-drive-me-nuts/273029/21 "2004-11-05T13:22:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]  
, we should touch base in seven and kick it around, run our best possible practices up the flagpole - see who salutes

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I…I think I’m getting turned-on here.

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### Author: ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corpspeak-will-drive-me-nuts/273029/22 "2004-11-05T14:27:11Z")

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Amusingly enough, the 2004 Dilbert monthly calendar addresses this very issue.

> [@](#):
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> PHB: At the end of the day we’ll be in a market space on a going-forward basis.
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> DILBERT: I’ll come back when you’re done practicing being useless.

There’s your new reply to them if you can get away with being snarky.

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