business cards
BBC Breakfast news anchor man said:
“Like Americans, they carry their business cards with them everywhere“
Is ‘carrying business cards’ a euphemism for something like
- helpful
- friendly
- organised
- pretentious
- over-prepared
tags: BBC, euphemisms, USA
BBC Breakfast news anchor man said:
“Like Americans, they carry their business cards with them everywhere“
Is ‘carrying business cards’ a euphemism for something like
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December 21st, 2011
I’d take it to mean that they are always marketing themselves even when they’re not at work, being prepared for any chance encounter with someone to become a business opportunity. In the movie “Groundhog Day” Bill Murray’s character runs into a guy he went to school with, and within a couple of minutes the guy is trying to sell him insurance. That’s the type of personality that comes to mind. I can’t think of a word that quite describes that.
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December 22nd, 2011
I’d like to know who, ‘like Americans’? That way we’d also discover who likes Americans!
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December 22nd, 2011
note to self: stop giving British people my Wendy House card if I want them to think I’m British too.
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