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A stick of [[limp celery]]. A | A stick of [[limp celery]]. A manner of speaking whereby someone in a position in authority indicates enough agreement for an initiative to proceed — while leaving a door unlatched through which he can escape and categorically deny approval later on, when the initiative turns out to be the moronic idea it will almost certainly transpire to be. | ||
One can further equivocate by ''[[inclined to|inclination]]'' - the implication being that if gravity is allowed to do its work, I might eventually arrive at a position of agreement but I am not there yet, and who knows what disturbances in the [[space-time continuum]] might intervene to take me to a different place? | |||
If your boss says “I am [[inclined to]] be [[supportive]] [[at this stage]]”, know that it is your, not her, posterior in the sling when the enormity of your folly makes itself apparent. | |||
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