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Jargon. Are you an expert?

cee-dee — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:31:38 GMT

Can you translate jargon?

What does someone mean when they say that in response to a letter they filed it vertically??

Did they mean they binned it, shredded it or what?

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suzieseaside — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 12:04:35 GMT

I thought it meant in one of those filing cabinets with hanging files

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fallen-archie — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 12:39:14 GMT

I think they cleverly folded it into a paper aeroplane and launched it out of the window!

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right-then-petal — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 12:47:33 GMT

filed for attention later

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**bustysbargains** — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 13:24:02 GMT

Its like a filing system to accompany a filing system .

Wikipedia explains😇

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upthecreekyetagain — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 15:06:00 GMT

My first thought is that your letter has been filed at the bottom of the pile.

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cee-dee — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:02:30 GMT

My question was prompted by Boris saying he was annoyed when officials brought him letters to be signed requesting an EU extension:-

“It did make me very angry,” he (Boris) said. “I was so sick they came in to see me at one point and handed me the letter and I filed it vertically, I’m afraid. Then they came back with another copy and I filed that vertically again.”

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upthecreekyetagain — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:17:43 GMT

The paragraph before your quote in the Express:-

. . . admitted that when officials brought the letters asking for an EU extension to be signed, he threw them in the bin – twice.

“It did make me very angry,” he said. “I was so sick they came in to see me at one point and handed me the letter and I filed it vertically, I’m afraid. Then they came back with another copy and I filed that vertically again.”

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**bustysbargains** — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:22:07 GMT

😂😂😂😂😂

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cee-dee — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:23:45 GMT

Wouldn't it be easier to just say that he'd binned it?

However, it's the jargon...... "filed it vertically"? What's all that about?

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upthecreekyetagain — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:44:24 GMT

A few more 'Borisisms" can be found here:-

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/mayor-of-london/10909094/Boris-Johnsons-top-50-quotes.html

@cee-dee wrote:
Wouldn't it be easier to just say that he'd binned it?

However, it's the jargon...... "filed it vertically"? What's all that about?

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cee-dee — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:58:34 GMT

The thread wasn't about mad utterances it was intended to be about jargon.

If Boris binned that letter he could have said he'd put it in the circular file, was that too old hat or did he just invent a new bit of jargon with vertical file?

I was hoping people would get their own ducks in a row and come out with their own examples of daft jargon along with their meanings and what they really mean.

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upthecreekyetagain — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:52:12 GMT

That's a 404 in your original post 🙂

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cee-dee — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:04:38 GMT

Did you have an Ah-ha moment there?

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upthecreekyetagain — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:13:17 GMT

404 - item/page not found

Example of jargon

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cee-dee — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:16:40 GMT

Oh dear, there's an old saying...... "If you can't find what you're looking for, you must be looking in the wrong place."

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mustard-tree — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:30:30 GMT

Sir Humphrey Appleby was the king of jargon

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**bustysbargains** — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:22:09 GMT

Lol, Ceedee, another saying "I found it in last place I looked". 😂

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cee-dee — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:05:58 GMT

A favourite is "Why is everything in the last place you look?"

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cee-dee — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:02:07 GMT

The retort to that is "Why didn't you look in the last place first?"