One that came up at work yesterday.
My manager (D), together with the CEO and a member of the Trustee Board had been interviewing a candidate for an adviser job. Consequently, when I went to seek him out with a question the three of them were in the CEO's office no doubt discussing the interview and whom they might appoint.
Question arose from a discussion with a colleague in another area of the office. Explained I couldn't see D right then as he was in a wash up meeting after the interview.
The phrase 'wash up meeting', as in getting together after an event to discuss implications, agree action points etc. was new to her.
It was widely used in my Quango time particularly in relation to staff gathering after Quango's monthly meeting. The purpose of this was to ensure we had common understanding of conclusions, follow up actions and who did them etc etc. Pretty sure I was familiar with it before though.
FWIW Mrs B didn't know it and thought it might be CS jargon.
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