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I recently spoke with someone for whom english is a second language. It got me thinking about how sometimes it can feel that way for me if someone uses too much jargon or slang.

1:04 I talk about a time when I used too much jargon and made myself look silly

2:46 Some jargon that you might hear in corporate America

Scope Creep - adding additional features or functions that were beyond the agreed upon scope of a project

Boil the Ocean - try to do too many things at once, cause nothing to get done

Move the needle - create noticeable, measurable change

KPI - key performance indicator, used to judge the success of a person or team

3:45 Scary sounding things a doctor might say, which are relatively 'benign'

5:30 Slang, including "wicked" and "sick"

6:59 Abbreviations that are now used in every day language like FOMO and YOLO