Corporate-speak, with all it’s imaginary verbs (“to action”) and definite article-free phrases (“end of day”, “top of mind”) has so eroded my faith in diction used around the workplace that I actually doubted the existence of a noun my boss inserted into a memorandum yesterday. However, the wisdom of my elders prevailed, and I feel sheepish to learn (at 26, after an M.A. in English) that “throughput” really *is* a word…<\/p>\n
throughput<\/i> (n.): 1. the amount of material put through a process, esp. in manufacturing or computing. 2. processing or handling capacity<\/p>\n
You learn something every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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