.. to be driven mad by this phrase (business bull**t)

[TheExtraGuineaPig]

"solve for" or "solving for"

As in "the operations problem we are solving for is..." or "I think he is trying to solve for XXX issues"

Didn't it used to be just solve? Or fix?

I work in an American corporate and it's everywhere, seemingly all of a sudden.

That’s awful!!!!!!!!

Yanbu.

I’ve never heard it but it sounds awful.

YANBU, that sounds like total nonsense.

The phrase I hate at the moment is from cookery shows, where things keep getting described as ‘cooked to perfection’. What’s wrong with just ‘cooked perfectly’?

My boss has taken to saying, "what's the 'yes and' in this situation". < not envy

Now you've said "cooked to perfection" that will really bug me Alley and as for yours Mrs TP, I would be grinding my teeth and digging my nails in my palm. Ugh.

I saw "solve for" on a powerpoint slide today from a company other than the one I work for. Same industry - technology - though. Watch out for it's spread.

I had a boss who used to say this ALL THE TIME and it drove me bonkers - I don’t understand what it means and, when I asked her, I’m not sure she did either.

What? That doesn’t make any sense!

Isn't it an algebra thing? 'Solve for x'?

Solving for is a legitimate thing to say in algebra... not really in anything else...

I’ve never heard it and it’s awful.

I’m trying to solve for something. Huh?!

My boss has taken to saying, "what's the 'yes and' in this situation".

I would genuinely have trouble stopping myself making a strangled “aargh” noise after about the third repetition.

I haven't heard it used before (also work in US outfit) but I fear that now having heard it I might unwittingly start to use it. Argh, shoot me.