Ten Signs You Need a Really Long Vacation

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.........You refer to the tomatoes grown in your garden as deliverables.  Why?You think that "progressing an action plan" and "calendarizing a project" are acceptable English phrases.Why?You think Einstein would have been more effective had he put his ideas into a matrix. Why?........Please advise.Lcchang

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

You are using business jargon in your everyday speech, which is a sign that you need a vacation.

(You probably realize that these examples are intended to be humorous.)

Clive

Osee · Answer

Hi there,

But where are the business jargons in the following lines

You think that "progressing an action plan" and "calendarizing a project" are acceptable English phrases.

You think Einstein would have been more effective had he put his ideas into a matrix.

Thanks.

Osee

CliveHi,

You are using business jargon in your everyday speech, which is a sign that you need a vacation.

(You probably realize that these examples are intended to be humorous.)

Clive

Nona the brit · Answer

These are business jargon

progressing an action plan

calendarizing a project.

put ideas into a matrix.

Lcchang · Answer

Nona The BritThese are business jargon

progressing an action plan

calendarizing a project.

put ideas into a matrix.

Hi Nana

Do these jargons make nonsense to native speakers?

Progress could be used as a verb, couldn't they?

If I changed calendarize to calendar, how would it sound?

what does matrix mean here? womb?

And, what does deliverable mean here? Please advise.

LCChang

Newmoon1805 · Answer

Where are the ten signs?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

These are business jargon

progressing an action plan

calendarizing a project.

put ideas into a matrix.

Do these jargons make nonsense to native speakers? Do these pieces of jargon sound like nonsense to native speakers? I wouldn't say 'nonsense', but they sound rather odd and unneccesary, particularly when used outside a business context.

Progress could be used as a verb, couldn't they? Not in the sense of an active verb, eg don't say 'I progressed a task today'.

If I changed calendarize to calendar, how would it sound? Both versions sound terrible.

what does matrix mean here? womb? No. It means information organized in the form of a 'grid' or 'table', with rows and columns.

And, what does deliverable mean here? Something that must be completed or delivered to someone.

Best wishes, Clive

Lcchang · Answer

Newmoon1805Where are the ten signs?

There you go. I understand the rest of the signs instead of the three I had posted here.

Ten Signs You Need a Really Long Vacation

You lecture the neighborhood kids selling lemonade on ways to improve their process.

You get all excited when it's Saturday so you can wear sweats to work.

You refer to the tomatoes grown in your garden as deliverables.

You find you really need PowerPoint to explain what you do for a living.

You normally eat out of vending machines and at the most expensive restaurant in town within the same week.

You think that "progressing an action plan" and "calendarizing a project" are acceptable English phrases.

You know the people at the airport hotels better than your next door neighbors.

You ask your friends to "think out of the box" when making Friday night plans.

You think Einstein would have been more effective had he put his ideas into a matrix.

You think a "half-day" means leaving at 5 o'clock.

Ten Signs You Need a Really Long Vacation

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