Topic: Corporate Speak

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No Agenda 008
Episode 8 1:43 - 3:13

8: No Agenda 008

Linguistic Rant, Origins of By and Large

A discussion regarding the phrase "up and about" transitions into a critique of the idiom "by and large." The hosts express annoyance with the phrase's frequent use by politicians and CEOs like Carly Fiorina, questioning its etymological origins and its function as a filler for speakers who are stalling for time.