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Marketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.

Thanks to simbosan for the idea

(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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I'm not defending the practice,
however I think it's intended to convey humility. A sort of shorthand for "I've no real right to ask, but". Of course it's a false humility as none of us ask this type of question if we don't think that there's a good chance of an answer in the affirmative.
(, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 9:57, Reply)

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