How does your profession say “I haven’t got a clue” without sounding stupid? – 18 working euphemisms

10.

Writing jokes – “it needs a button on it”

— Dave McElfatrick (@daveexplosm) December 24, 2018

11.

Drama / theatre: "This text is a bit ambiguous / open to interpretation."

— the account formerly known as humourcide (@humourcide) December 16, 2018

12.

Translation: "What's the context?'

— David Ronder (@davidronder) December 16, 2018

13.

"Not previously described in the literature" means no one else knows either.

— Ann C (@qxzq) December 23, 2018

14.

Art history: ‘of course questions of individual taste are to an extent irrecoverable’

— Dr Christina J Faraday (@cjfaraday) December 23, 2018

15.

In aircraft maintenance we used “Unable to duplicate fault”.

Meaning: I didn’t do anything but it works now. 😂

— Steve Daly (@SteveDaly15) December 23, 2018

16.

Management consultancy – we'll loop back around on that one

— Advent Shower (Will) (@ShowerAbsolute) December 25, 2018

17.

“<Reads entire results section>

… However there were several methodical problems with this study”

— Sean Erreger, LCSW (@StuckonSW) December 23, 2018

18.

In Market research, “we don’t have sufficient samples to cover this question” https://t.co/XRjs4UBIwE

— 4chan (@cpchan1310) January 4, 2019

19.

In the book industry, reviewers who write: ‘intriguing, complex and richly detailed…’ https://t.co/vEJIrYdVM2

— Tamsin Rosewell (@autumnrosewell) December 31, 2018

We really want this to crop up in a report.

Ah, in astrobiology it's '…aliens?' https://t.co/jsHiyRxYbR

— Abigail Harrison (@AstronautAbby) December 27, 2018

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