Lingo

[tacologic]

One of my favorite terms that gets used here (and I'm assuming in other places too) is "Crash and burn". Whenever we get a project in that has to be turned around the same day, or in some other really short time table, it's a crash and burn. My favorite part about it, is that with one of these projects, it seems that it's one of the deals where

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[discodoris]

That's very odd - round here, crash and burn means that the project failed spectacularly, or someone failed spectacularly (it's a particular favourite with someone requesting a date only to "crash and burn").

[tacologic]

See, that makes a lot more sense.

Maybe we're expected to screw up royally?

[cheerfulstoic]

Ditto. And I've never heard it used as a noun before, only as a verb.

[blergeatkitty]

If a car burns up, then there's nothing left to ask questions about at the end of it.

[tacologic]

Not to the car no, but that's why they have "experts". People love the why.