Business-speak is so gag inducing. No Ryan, you won’t be “out of pocket” tomorrow, you’ll just be unavailable. No, Stacy, “ask” is not a noun, you’re looking for the word request.

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Does Stacy's mother have it going on, though?

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RIP dude from Fountains of Wayne. First band I ever saw when they opened for Smashing Pumpkins in 1996 my freshman year of HS. Yeah, yeah, I know I’m old.

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Im wearing my jammies tomorrow and they dont have pockets.
Does that make me out of pocket ?

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Nah don’t want to be tobined

I agree with you, especially with the “ask” thing, which of really annoying.

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I’ve been shown to be wrong below, merriam webster says it’s used as a noun in the US.

You sure, bud?

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What year did that nonsense enter the lexicon? And is the original entry: (2004) MBB associate email?

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Out of pocket is a southern term. I’ve heard it used by older southern folks.

EY1 it does.

Is this an american thing?

They're colloquilaisms

Hate when people say art of the possible and ask

Quote is a verb. Quotation is a noun

Composed of not comprised of.

Sounds like you need to ‘take a step back’

These are really useful in that they help you determine the competency of the person using them.

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