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Is that a IT specific catch phrase?
Not at all, it's Barney's one - from How I met your mother
Origin of the phrase may not be IT-related, however the phrase is currently heavily used in IT
I guess it depends where you live, because here - Switzerland - it's really not that used in IT
@Zen oh yeah same as "Challenge accepted" from the same TV show
"Have you tried turning it off and then on again?"
Except I'd like to hear more of it.
@MannDude, Did you see that ludicrous game last night?
"do the needful" and "please do the needful"
Can't stand it.
I know it is a common phrase in India but if you are Indian and are working with non-Indians please for the love of all that is IT stop using that phrase!
Most common IT phrase that annoys me: "Well they're just going to have to deal with it."
You mean the end user? The person you're hired to take care of? End user only needs to "deal with it" when there is no other choice, not when the IT guy can't be bothered to inconvenience themselves.
Relevant.
This.
"well it works for me" (with no further info....grrrr!)
Please be awaited.
"We can't give you an ETA"
"premium bandwidth"
The Cloud.
There's an app for that.
Funny I say that at least twice a week. Then I laugh, but I was serious
Haha, it's funny as a joke, but when it's used seriously, like in a commercial, I just:
It's the greatest iPhone yet.
"I'm going to pass this along to our L3 technicians."
Cloud
Burn it with fire
"iPhone killer"
Every smart phone that gets released now days is the "iPhone killer".
@telephone better than "WoW killer"
Cloud!
24x7 support
you need a new .....
either computer, printer, phone, etc
Please Hold..
"We"
@jarland