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Define: "Let's table this"
What HR thinks it means:
To postpone consideration of an issue.
What it actually means:
"I have lost the argument but refuse to admit it, so I am shutting down the conversation."
Use it in a meeting:
"Let's table this debate about technical debt until the system collapses completely during Black Friday sales."
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