"Let's Circle Back"
This phrase means to take a problem to higher levels of management.
Escalate
This little kid monopolizes all of my time and recently turned 1!
Stella
This is what you order at 2am and regret afterwards
Fast Food
This long running animated family lives in Springfield
The Simpsons
This controversial pizza topping divides entire friend groups
Pineapple
This phrase means to see if an idea gains support before investing significant time or sources in it
Run it up the flagpole
During my college years, I self taught myself how to play this instrument and joined a band
Drums
This Gen Z phrase references something you may do when checking social media and time begins to slip away
Doom Scrolling
This rapper's real name is Aubrey Graham
Drake
Considered a work-place "violation", this food should not be microwaved in a shared office kitchen
Fish
This expression warns against making a project unnecessarily large, complex, or ambitious
Let's not boil the ocean
Back in the 1900s, I was born in this major east-coast city
Philadelphia
You may say this phrase before staying up way too late watching Netflix
One more episode
This Marvel villain famously says, "I am inevitable"
Thanos
Northern New Jersey often refers to this type of breakfast meat as Taylor Ham, but southern New Jersey knows it as:
Pork Roll
A kinder way to respond to an email that you have already previously supplied the requested information on
Per my last email
In my high school years, I spent many early mornings and evenings playing this uncommon sport
Crew/Rowing
This is what you buy at the grocery store when you shop hungry
Everything you don't need
This viral Netflix docuseries featured exotic animal owner Joe Exotic
Tiger King
Ordering a steak to this type of cooking/center may upset the Chef and stir up a controversy at the dinner table
Well-done
Borrowed from agriculture, this expression refers to opportunities that offer the greatest return for the least amount of effort.
Low-hanging fruit
Back in 2016, I went to Georgia to swim with this semi-aquatic animal. They sometimes hold hands while sleeping to avoid drifting apart.
Otter
The universal excuse for most unnecessary purchases - ones that you most likely won't use
I might need it someday
In the classic comedy Dumb and Dumber, Harry and Lloyd travel cross country to return this item to Mary Swanson
Briefcase
This breakfast debate centers on whether it is acceptable to eat it for dinner
Cereal