Meetings are the petri-dishes for the bolloxological language

Office workers: savour this week. It’s the one time office meetings will be bearable. It’s like in school when you’re allowed to bring in your toys. Except instead of toys it’s breakfast roll and ‘shcandal’ from last night’s Christmas do.

But for the rest of the year, meetings are the petri-dishes for the bolloxological language that eventually finds its way through the eco-system into letters from schools and parish newsletters. This is because meetings are too long and so you have to fill the time with words that don’t mean anything. The words that are like the packaging for an Easter egg. They serve no purpose but help sell something that’s hollow.