Whenever you spend a lot of time in a confined space with a group of people,Uschi Karnat it's not uncommon for a new language to develop.

Slang. Shorthand. Odd sayings. It happens all the time. Normally it's fine.

Not in offices, though.

In the workplace -- particularly in meetings -- this kind of thing happens far, far too much.

Comedian Adam Hess recently opened a can of worms when he made just such an observation.

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Soon, Hess' mentions were packed to the brim with people highlighting other, similarly meaningless phrases they'd heard wheeled out in the workplace.

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Nope. Nope. Nope.

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We need to put all these sayings in the bin, asap.

Our synergy depends on it.