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Define: "Soft launch"
What HR thinks it means:
Releasing a product to a limited audience to test viability.
What it actually means:
"Pushing untested code to production and hoping nobody important notices the bugs."
Use it in a meeting:
"We did a soft launch of the new portal on Friday evening, guaranteeing that the weekend support team would suffer maximum casualties."
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