Jargon A to Z
186 terms. = illustration
A ↑
- a lot of moving parts
- accordion effect
- air-grabbed
- all over the shop
- ankle-bite
- as useful as a chocolate teapot
- at-bats
- at the coal face
B ↑
- back-pocket
- baked
- balcony time
- battlefield promotion
- belt and suspenders
- bench strength
- beta
- between the 40-yard lines
- big hands on little maps
- big nut to crack
- bite of the apple
- bitrate
- black box
- boat rocking
- boil the ocean
- bottom-up
- brain dump
- build in the minefield
- build the racecar while driving it
- Business talk decoded
- buttoned-up (buttoned-down)
C ↑
- calibrate
- cement is dry
- chalk the field
- chase the ball
- check the box
- Christmas tree
- chunk up
- circle the drain
- circular firing squad
- crank
- crayon analysis
- crisp
- cycles
D ↑
- deep dive
- development opportunity
- dig in
- digestible
- do a dipstick
- download
- drink from the fire hydrant
- dry powder
- ducks and bunnies
E ↑
F ↑
G ↑
H ↑
- hairball
- hammer and tongs
- hands
- hands on keys
- hard stop
- head of the snake
- heavy lift
- help me understand
- herding cats
- hunt
I ↑
J ↑
L ↑
- lay tracks in front of a moving train
- leave fruit on the tree
- legs
- lemonade budget
- level-set
- load for bear
- long pole in the tent
M ↑
N ↑
O ↑
P ↑
- Pac-Man
- parking lot
- pass the laugh test
- pass the monkey
- pave the cowpath
- peanut butter
- peel the onion
- pencils down
- pin the edges
- ping
- planting in their fields
- play
- play in the same sandbox
- plowed ground
- poacher turned gamekeeper
- points on the board
- poke the bear
- pound sand
- pound the table
- preloaded
- pressure point
- pressure test
- prewire
- pull the fire alarm
- pull the string
- punt
- push back
- put a stake in the ground
- put to bed
- puts and takes
Q ↑
R ↑
S ↑
- salt the earth
- set the cat among the pigeons
- shake the trees
- sheep dip
- sing from the same hymn sheet
- slice butter with an ax
- small ball
- snakes to kill
- solve
- squeeze the lemon
- stack hands around
- stirring a pot of water
- sweet spot
T ↑
- t-shirt sizing
- take it offline
- take off the blinders
- take one for the team
- take the lead on
- texture
- that ship has sailed
- that would be great
- the jam in the sandwich
- throw the rope over the highest branch
- throw under the bus
- thud factor
- tickle
- tie a bow on it
- timebox
- titrate
- torqued
- tough putt
- tough row to hoe
- two-footed leap