DH just used the term ‘Reached out’ to mean contacted.

[LarryGreysonsDoor]

Should I LTB now and never look back.
He’s 45 and should know better.

and what the hell does 'the business case might just wash its face' mean? I hear that a lot. Washing faces.

It basically means to break even. So you're not expecting to make a lot and it'll probably just cover the costs.

I think that may actually be a British phrase rather than American. I used to work for a US company and I don't remember hearing it ever used there.

It's not an American phrase. It's also a bit hard to see face washing as a metaphor for no profit or loss. In fact the relationship completely escapes me.

Oh dear. I fear this is a slippery slope.

Maybe you could train him not to by hitting him on the nose with a rolled up newspaper every time he says it?

Time to get your ducks in a row.

(sorry I couldn't help myself -I've seen it posted so many times but never used it myself.)

My former boss used to "pull together" everything. Not in the sense of a tug o' war metaphor where the team "all pulls together", she'd always tell management she would "pull together" a spreadsheet or document or some information. It was practically in every other sentence, drove me nuts. It's just a bullshit phrase to make you sound like your expending loads of effort when all you're doing is making an Excel sheet.

My thoughts are with you at this difficult time 🤣

Source him a grip

At this point I have to recommend the corporate BS generator:

The Corporate B.S. Generator

There's a handy list of verbs, adjectives and adverbs in addition to the generator itself. Here are some sample outputs.

compellingly monetize B2B manufactured products

monotonectally generate cutting-edge virtualization

distinctively negotiate real-time synergy

@Crunchymum that sales manager comment is fabulous

LTB.

If he also used the word “myself” he should be locked up for life.

If he said “weary” when he really meant “wary” he deserves the death penalty.

@LaMarschallin the next thing they have to do is throw it against the wall and see what sticks.

@daisychain01 I have to disagree about “nip it in the bud.” That’s been a thing in regular non-office conversation for as long as I can remember and I’m pretty old.

Perhaps we need to do a deep dive into office cliches to figure it out.

I'm an interpreter and I'm dreading New Speak.

I have no idea what this nonsense means to start with and then there is no equivalent in the target language. It's awful.

@Orangecake123

Welcome to the 🦆 🦆 🦆 🦆 🦆 in a row club

@yellowish

@daisychain01 I have to disagree about “nip it in the bud.” That’s been a thing in regular non-office conversation for as long as I can remember and I’m pretty old

No, no. Someone upthread said "nip it in the bud" - I was translating it into buzzword bullshit! Come on now, keep with the pace!

I have no idea what this nonsense means to start with and then there is no equivalent in the target language. It's awful.

Didn’t some interpretation service at the European Parliament once translate ‘out of sight out of mind’ as ‘invisible idiot’?

I dislike "drilling into the details" but "reaching out" makes me want to🤪🤔🤮

OP, you deserver better. I'm so sorry.

LTB

Well, you've sprayed this over a lamppost to see who gave it a sniff and 88% recoiled in horror.
Can't get my head round the 12% who didn't. They've obviously drunk the Kool-Aid.

I don't understand a word of it, but -what she said!

OP- do you 'share' any children with this man?

(another cringy Americanism)

Yep get your ducks in a row and LTB. There's no other option.

He'll say he's sorry, and that things will be different 'going forward' but it's too late.

Still, it's better to have loved and lost than to live with a corporate-speak wanker for the rest of your life.

On reflection, it's not a LTB situation, it's a patio situation...

Still, if he's made you a cup of tea maybe you could relent a bit - divorce but he gets to stay on as your domestic servant.

Wait til he starts 'calling people out' instead of challenging them
Its my most despised turn of phrase.

Does he use 'myself'and 'yourself' in normal conversation?

Oh he ‘calls people out’ all the time.

Only known acceptable use of “Reach Out” as an utterance.

i thought thats what it meant??

He’s gaslighting you! Get your ducks in a row and LTB 😉