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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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Meaning

This little phrase has several meanings - an advance warning - being wide awake and alert - being the head of - a type is display screen.

Origin

Several of the meanings of this phrase allude to holding one's head up high and concentrating on what one is doing. Residents of the USA will have come across heads up as an advance warning. For example, 'The boss was coming. Jim gave us a heads up to get on with some work'.
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