Hybrid Work Life
Winter Olympics 2026
AI
Corporate Buzzwords
Geography (US/Canada)
100

The comfy clothing item people often wear from the waist down during video calls

Pajama pants

100

These are two official Italian host cities for the 2026 Winter Games, marking the first-time the Olympic are officially co-hosted by two cities.

Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo

100

This concern arises when AI confidently gives an answer that sounds right—but isn’t.

Hallucinations

100

A corporate-friendly way of saying we’ll revisit a topic another time.

Circle back

100

This U.S. state is famous for its oranges, beaches, and theme parks.

Florida

200

The one thing you need to re-enter the building, which you realize you left on your desk after you walk out.

Office badge

200

This brand-new Olympic sport, often called "SkiMo" for short, involves athletes racing uphill on skis (and sometimes on foot) before a high-speed downhill descent.

Ski Mountaineering

200

This term describes AI systems that can create new text, images, or ideas.

Generative AI

200

To encourage creativity, you might be told to challenge conventional thinking.

Think outside the box

200

This province is Canada’s smallest by land area.

Prince Edward Island

300

An apologetic phrase said after speaking in a virtual meeting while no one could hear you.

Sorry, I was on mute

300

In a historic preliminary round game last week, this team handed the other its first-ever shutout loss in Olympic women's hockey history, with a final score of 5-0

Team USA (all eyes on the Feb 19 game!)

300

This type of AI learns by analyzing patterns in large amounts of data.

Machine learning

300

Business lingo for tackling easy tasks first: going after the “easy wins”.

Low-hanging fruits

300

This long river forms part of the border between Canada and the United States.

The St. Lawrence River

400

This 2005 mockumentary series follow the daily lives of employees at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company

The Office

400

This Canadian freestyle skiing legend, who hails from Quebec, became the first in his sport to win 5 career Olympic medals after taking gold in the inaugural Men's Dual Moguls event on February 15.

Mikael Kingsbury

400

This AI milestone refers to machines matching or exceeding human ability across many tasks.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

400

This overused phrase means “we’ll talk about it later.”

Take it offline

400

This U.S. state shares the longest border with Canada.

Alaska

500

Productivity briefly grinds to a halt when dozens of unnecessary emails arrive because one message went to the entire distribution list.

Reply-all email storm

500

By winning gold in both 500m and 1000m sprints last week, this 21-year old American became the first male speed skater to achieve that "double" since Eric Heiden in 1980.

Jordan Stolz

500

Sci-fi fans know this term for the hypothetical future moment when AI becomes smarter than humans (and possibly takes over).

The singularity

500

This phrase politely signals that someone is about to repeat what was just said.

To echo that

500

This is the only Canadian province that is officially bilingual at the provincial level.

New Brunswick

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