At the end of the day: 1. When a day is finishing, somewhere between 11pm and 12pm. 2. Totally pointless beginning or ending to a sentence that adds nothing to its meaning whatsoever. (see Absolutely; Basically; End of play; Frankly; Literally; Net net; Put to bed)
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Asking a duck to bark: 1. Requesting something impossible. 2. Deliberately requesting something impossible in order to humiliate a subordinate, preferably in public; blindly refusing to accept that something cannot be done. (see Bark into the wind, up the wrong tree; Impossible, nothing is)
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Arse covering: 1. Protecting one’s position or job. 2. All-pervasive frame of mind in which the perpetrator can never admit that it was their fault; generating a massive email trail proving that everyone else is responsible, but not me; enormous dossier of evidence that verifies beyond a shred of doubt that the client is in the wrong, because I am perfect; sole activity of control freaks who don’t care what they work on, so long as they are always right. (see BCC; Call report; CC; Control freak; FYI)
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Architecture, brand ______, business ______: 1. The component parts of a brand or business. 2. Classic wank word to suggest that the brand or business has solid foundations. (see Foundations, lay the, firm, shaky; Overarching; Positioning)
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Appraisal, 360 degree: 1. Appraisal in which everyone with whom you work is consulted, regardless of status. 2. Annoying, touchy-feely modern HR development in which the tea lady has a say about whether you get a pay rise or not; fertile opportunity for colleagues to shaft you completely, whilst hiding behind the veil of anonymity; erratic and inconsistent scoring system which seems to have no pattern from one review to another; confused even further by having a different appraiser every time; pointless, ill-informed chat with so-called line manager who doesn’t give a shit. (see Appraisal, one degree; Line manager; Performance review; Shafted down the river, yourself)
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