I've never really used these words/phrases before until I started working. Some of them drive me nuts (like who says that in "real life"?) but I guess they've become habit; a standard in my every day vocabulary. Do you use any of these words/phrases? 1) Cognizant (i.e. "So we need to be cognizant of this accounting issue when speaking to them on this conference call") 2) Out-of-pocket (i.e. "I've got a meeting from 2-4, so I'll be out of pocket during that time") 3) We noted that (i.e. "We noted that this increase was due to...") 4) Mitigating (i.e. "We need to find a mitigating control for their lack of approval on forms") 5) w/o/e or w/f/r (stands for without exception and waive further review) 6) Appears reasonable 7) Defeasance (i.e. "The defeasance of this bond took place in August") 8) Pro forma (i.e. "Can you get a pro forma of last year's document?") 9) Haphazardly (i.e. "We haphazardly selected two items to test") 10) Clerically tested/accurate 11) Foot (i.e. "Can you foot this schedule?") 12) Immaterial (i.e. "The $3 million variance is immaterial to our testing scope") 13) Touch base (i.e. "I'm calling because I wanted to touch base with you on this scheduling conflict") Labels: Thursday Thirteen, Work related |
Ok, so Will totally knew every phrase. I gave him a little test:) LOL I told him good job and he replied - Thanks, it's my life. Sad.