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RE: I suppose this is my most frustrating grammar error
Subject:RE: I suppose this is my most frustrating grammar error From:"CB Casper" <knowone -at- surfy -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 05 Mar 2002 03:30:41 +0400
In the world in which I inhabit, it is supposed to mean
to use the people, plans, products, or processes that have
been used in the past, for a new project.
I call it what it is, swiping something that someone else
has done, you know, stealing. As I say to my cube mates,
when I return with some additional office supply,
"I'm just redistibuting available resources"!
> 'leverage resources' -- What are we telling someone to do
> when we write this claptrap?
>
This is marketing and HR jargon, but it *does* have a meaning. It's
shorthand for "make more efficient use of what you have."
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