score 3
- 3
- 0
Beating a dead horse
the act of over informing, over defining, over flogging a colleague who has an issue.
As in...
I think we understand what happened and we're beating a dead horse here, people.
score 0
- 1
- 1
End-of-lifed
Stopped using or supporting a product, usually a software package.
As in...
We end-of-lifed Pentaho and transitioned to Omniture.
score 91
- 95
- 4
Gum surgery
Very, extremely, almost intolerable pain, in terms of a completely a task
As in...
We're going to need to audit their conversion path for sure. I started to go through their application process, but honestly it was like gum surgery so I had to stop. Do you want to handle that part?
score 110
- 121
- 11
Mission critical
Attempting to relate the importance of a particular aspect of a business initiative to the importance of a particular aspect of a military campaign in hopes of invoking a metaphorical reference to death, whether it be a soldier dying or a failed business deal.
As in...
Guys, we need you all to focus. I know Friday is pizza day and that the Starbucks delivery this morning has everyone in a frenzy but we need to buckle down and crank out this new constitutional amendment. For god's sake, it's mission critical to our re-election. Focus!
