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(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)

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[-] alyth@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I worked in that office when I was three, it was called kindergarden.

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I’m sorry to hear about your poor working environment. Can I offer you a dart in these trying times?

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