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{{a|work|}}{{quote|Wroot /ruːt/ (''n''.) A short little berk who thinks that by pulling on his pipe and gazing shrewdly at you he will give the impression that he is infinitely wise and 5 ft 11 in. | {{a|work|}}{{quote|'''Wroot''' /ruːt/ (''n''.) A short little berk who thinks that by pulling on his pipe and gazing shrewdly at you he will give the impression that he is infinitely wise and 5 ft 11 in. | ||
:—{{author|Douglas Adams}} and John Lloyd | :—{{author|Douglas Adams}} and John Lloyd, ''The Meaning of Liff''}} | ||
Anything calculated to make you seem clever, wise and six-foot tall. Jargon, [[buzzword]]s, [[legalese]]: that kind of thing. It is funny how the same people who complain about [[legalese]] on LinkedIn love to relentlessly leverage the value-chain, if you catch my drift. | Anything calculated to make you seem clever, wise and six-foot tall. Jargon, [[buzzword]]s, [[legalese]]: that kind of thing. It is funny how the same people who complain about [[legalese]] on LinkedIn love to relentlessly [[leverage]] the [[value-chain]], if you catch my drift. | ||
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Wroot /ruːt/ (n.) A short little berk who thinks that by pulling on his pipe and gazing shrewdly at you he will give the impression that he is infinitely wise and 5 ft 11 in.
- —Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, The Meaning of Liff
Anything calculated to make you seem clever, wise and six-foot tall. Jargon, buzzwords, legalese: that kind of thing. It is funny how the same people who complain about legalese on LinkedIn love to relentlessly leverage the value-chain, if you catch my drift.