No ghost could ever haunt me like the sound of my own voice using corporate slang casually.

What work phrase have you caught yourself using?

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Circle back has become an integral part of my every day conversations lol I hate it but it works very well at home.
"Dad can I have ___"
"Did you finish/do/ask your ___"
"...."
"Ok let's circle back on this when you finish/do/ask ___" 😆

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Open Kimono

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🤢🤢

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I am over killing “over indexing”

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Let’s shoot for a touch point by EOW

How about we double-click there

Not tryna put the cart before the horse here

Can I get a quick pulse check

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"We can table that," while making plans with the spouse. Who am I?

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