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Define: "Bumping this"

The corporate definition of Bumping this

What HR thinks it means:

Replying to an email to move it to the top of the recipient's inbox.

What it actually means:

"I know you are ignoring me, and I refuse to let you get away with it."

Use it in a meeting:

"Bumping this to the top of your inbox before you conveniently claim it went to spam again during the all-hands call."

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