Office Talk Dictionary – F



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Face Time – Talking to someone in person as opposed to email or other electronic means.  e.g.  “I need some face time with the manager to make this happen.”

Fast Track – To expedite something.  e.g.  “This project is on the fast track!”

Flavor of the Month – Something that was not popular but has recently become popular and is expected to not be popular shortly.  e.g.  “I don’t want to pick something that is the flavor of the month.”

Flesh it Out – To make something more clear.  e.g.  “We’ll need to flesh this out to bring some clarity.”

Flow – The way something moves.  e.g.  “Let’s not distrupt the flow.”

Flowchart – A Diagram showing the steps of a process.  e.x.  “We need a current state flowchart to know how things work.”

Framework – A structure, be that physical or virtual.  e.g.  “We need to execute the project within the existing framework” or “The framework for the new building is in place.”

Fresh set of eyeballs – Take a new look at something or have some new people look at something.  e.g.  “Let’s get a fresh set of eyeballs on this.”

Front-end – The customer facing side of a business.  It’s the opposite of the backend.  e.g.  “Make sure that everyone is dressed appropriately on the front-end.”  See also Backend.

Future State – The was a process will be done in the future.  e.g.  “The future state process will totally change the way things are done.”

Fuzzy Logic – An argument that does not make sense.  e.g.  “That argument is just fuzzy logic.”

Full Plate – The person is indicating that they have too much to take care of at the moment.  e.g.  “I currently have a full plate and can’t do this.”


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