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KLHJ2 · 09-30-2010, 10:01 AM

Off line has two different meanings that get intertangled with each other. Before the days of the interwebs that phrase (offline) existed. We used it in the military all of the time when you wanted to talk to a superior or a subordinate in private about something that is nobody elses flippin business. When you are standing in a formation you are in a freakin lines so requesting to talk to someone offline simply meant out of formation and away from everyone else.

I do not mind the way that it is used today because it still holds the same basic meaning "in private".

The rest of that corporate jargon though, does piss me off.

09-30-2010, 10:01 AM	#50
KLHJ2 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: DC Metro Area Age: 48 Posts: 5,829	Re: The Most Painfully Annoying Business Jargon Off line has two different meanings that get intertangled with each other. Before the days of the interwebs that phrase (offline) existed. We used it in the military all of the time when you wanted to talk to a superior or a subordinate in private about something that is nobody elses flippin business. When you are standing in a formation you are in a freakin lines so requesting to talk to someone offline simply meant out of formation and away from everyone else. I do not mind the way that it is used today because it still holds the same basic meaning "in private". The rest of that corporate jargon though, does piss me off. Last edited by KLHJ2; 09-30-2010 at 11:16 AM.