Military Jargon Enthusiast Prints

Gentlemen This Is Your Phrase For The Day.

"You're very interesting, for a civilian."

"And isn't it time we replaced the worn-out, meaningless cliches in our mission statement with some dazzlingly new meaningless cliches?"

"This report is mumbo jumbo...I asked for gobbledeeegook!"

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

Neo-International Law

'This is the only part of my old Army uniform that still fits.'

"Don't you think it's time we talked about Operation Doug?"

Military Medals

"Our detractors call it suburban sprawl, but I prefer thinking of our plan as 'sustainable over-development!'"

Stressed employee says to colleague: 'I think I'm on top of the situation and I hope I'm in the loop, but I can't seem to get ahead of the curve.'

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

"Here comes a client I must speak to. Excuse me while I slip into some jargon."

"The first one is for graduating from basic training. The rest are classified."

'And from what we've been able to determine, this is the tweak that broke the paradigm's back.'

Armed forces waiting with nothing to do.

Lost around a military base.

'Trust me, you're not going to need an alarm clock.'

"This is what we call a 'customer', or more accurately a 'potential profit centre.'"

"My resume is concise, succinct and eloquently worded. I only hope they know what I'm talking about."

'Instead of cubicles, we call them interconnected productivity centres.'

Kamikaze Colour

Family Salutes as Father Comes Home.

"That's my dad back when he was, like, militarized."

"I propose the next person who says 'it is what it is,' we beat the living hell out of him."

"I liked it better when you used gobbledygook."

"I hear you've got quite a reputation with the girls around the office."

"Come to my office. I need to cascade with you offline."

"Our cloud computing services include IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, NaaS, CaaS...and BaaS!"

"Mr. Thomaston's people are here to talk to your people."

The camouflage in vietnam was more comfortable

'I never saw a tracer bullet that I didn't admire for color, clarity and swiftness.'