Corporate Jargon
What is Low-hanging fruit?
Low-effort tasks with high-yield results.
What is ROI?
Return on Investment
What is ping?
To send a quick direct message or chat notification on tools like Slack, Teams, or Webex.
What is a bug?
This is software behaving differently from how it was specified to behave
Refers to someone who is older or out of touch
what is unc?
What are deliverables?
Deliverables refer to the tasks or responsibilities assigned to you. For instance, providing an update on your deliverables means sharing your task progress.
What is Capital?
Capital often refers to money, but it can also be used to refer to everything your business owns and uses to function (e.g., equipment, vehicles, buildings, land, etc.).
What does Watercooler mean?
A type of conversation where employees take a break to socialize with one another. Previously, it would take place next to the watercooler.
What is a unicorn?
This is a privately owned startup company that’s been valued at a billion or more US dollars.
Used when you praise someone too much
What is glaze?
What is a cash cow?
something that brings in a lot of money
What is SWOT?
SWOT is an acronym that refers to a form of analysis that examines your:
What is read-only friday?
An unwritten IT rule that forbids pushing major code updates, software patches, or system deployments on a Friday to avoid weekend outages.
What are pandas?
an open-source Python library used for working with structured (tabular) data
to be cool in an effortless way
What is Aura?
What does "move the needle" mean?
Moving the needle means showing small but quantifiable results.
What is a bottleneck?
A point of congestion in a system or process that delays the entire workflow.
What is a bio-break?
A polite, corporate way of saying "I need to go to the bathroom" or grab water during a long meeting.
What is phishing?
Phishing is a form of cyberattack in which the target receives a fake email, text or pop-up message in an attempt to trick them into interacting with the sender and sharing personal information like a password or financial details.
Trust the process and let someone keep doing their thing
What is let them cook?
What does "balls in the air" mean?
Corporate professionals use the phrase ‘balls in the air’ when several activities or tasks are going on simultaneously. It has the same meaning as the phrase ‘too much on the plate’.
What does it mean to "streamline cross-functional workflows"?
Improve efficiency working between different departments
What does drink the kool aid mean?
Believing in a company's mission, culture, or management team blindly or fanatically.
What is UX and UI?
UX: user experience, how using it feels; whether it’s easy, fast and satisfying to get what you need done.
UI: user interface, the buttons, colors, layouts and screens you see and click
The first week of the quarter, when classes are mostly just reviewing course outlines
What is Sylly week?