Rant: Habitual sayings that people say that you hate.

[Radbird]

I also [expletive] hate hate hate hate the word "silo".

what's the context?

It's usually in reference to departments, and a lack of collaboration or whatever. "There's a lot of siloing that goes on at that business place" would mean that the various departments don't work well together. "Accounting is in one silo and Sales is in another". Or something.

Sadly, just heard that last Friday in a faculty meeting.

Is "silo" the equivalent (or replacement) for "stovepipe"?

[planet planet]

I also [expletive] hate hate hate hate the word "silo".

what's the context?

It's usually in reference to departments, and a lack of collaboration or whatever. "There's a lot of siloing that goes on at that business place" would mean that the various departments don't work well together. "Accounting is in one silo and Sales is in another". Or something.

Sadly, just heard that last Friday in a faculty meeting.

Is "silo" the equivalent (or replacement) for "stovepipe"?

It's the equivalent of JL saying I disgust him. I used the term last Fri. with JL in a bar and got an earful.

[jim]

Silo is the new word around here too. My boss says things like "The project failed because we are too silo'ed" and I say things like "Communication sucks ass around here". To-may-to, to-ma-to.

[jim]

In our project status meetings every week all of the project managers use the word "trending" with colors. "We are green trending yellow". What the [expletive] does that mean? If you are trending yellow or red, how the hell can you be green?

I pretty much hate business speak all together and basically refuse to take part in in. I'll go out of my way to not use words like that, even if it's more convenient. Basically it's because I hate business people.

[Popeye_Card]

We used to say "tribal knowlege" a lot. I miss that phrase. I wonder if it went away because people thought it might be offensive to Indians fans.

[jim]

I say [expletive] alot, sometimes prepending it with a mother for more impact. And [expletive]. Hasn't gotten old in almost 50 years, probably never will. People understand me really well to.

Buy-in. We need to get buy in from the accounting department. No we don't, we need to get them mother [expletive] to listen to us is what we need.

[lukethedrifter]

One of the upsides of my industry is you're way more likely to hear "go [expletive] yourself" than "our departments are siloing the stovepipe".

[stlouie_lipp]

People complain about lawyers and legalese, but I'd much rather use 2000 year old phrases like "res ipsa loquitur" than "silo'ed".

[jim]

I heard "silo" five times in a meeting this afternoon.

[heyzeus]

People complain about lawyers and legalese, but I'd much rather use 2000 year old phrases like "res ipsa loquitur" than "silo'ed".

I'm partial to ipse dixit. Sounds dirty.