The BS Dictionary The BS Dictionary

The BS Dictionary

Uncovering the Origins and True Meanings of Business Speak

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Publisher Description

Speak for Yourself

Do you yearn for a book to disambiguate words and phrases commonly used in business settings, your workplace, and in life in general? Do you wish the kimono would open on idioms and clichés that stretch the bandwidth of understanding and make you wonder if your career is scalable? What are you really saying when you go against the grain and are aboveboard? What do you hear when your colleague wants face time or to move the needle?

The BS Dictionary: Uncovering the Origins and True Meanings of Business Speak provides the real-world definitions to about 300 of the world's most commonly-used business terms and gives you the origin story (who coined the term? when did it start to be used figuratively in the business world?) for each one. Get the language clarity you need and have fun learning the full etymology of favorite phrases. Read humorous commentary about how phrases might be misused or misunderstood.

If you are interested in language, business speak, writing, and trivia knowledge, this book is for you! Get The BS Dictionary and impress your friends with your newfound wealth of phrases and their history.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2020
April 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
340
Pages
PUBLISHER
Association for Talent Development
SELLER
Lightning Source, LLC
SIZE
2.5
MB
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