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boardroom bingo

 
 
noun [C] (also buzzword bingo) humorous WORKPLACE

Definition

a game that employees play secretly in business meetings, in which they get a point when a manager uses a particular jargon word that they have previously guessed that he or she would use: The CEO's mention of "the long tail" gave me another point in our game of boardroom bingo.
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