What's Your B-HAG?


	What's Your B-HAG?

DarrenTooCool

8-14-2008 10:14 PM

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bhag, b-hag, buzzword

DarrenTooCool says:

Buzzword, old, heard in staff meeting this week for the first time. Don't like it, sounds nasty.

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