elevator speech n.— «Tom Boardman urges that we always have available a 30-second “elevator speech” for when we ride the elevator with our chief executive officer and are asked, “Well, what’s new in the numbers game...
elevator spiel n.— «The art of the pitch boils down to what we call “the two-minute elevator spiel.” You’re on your way to your office, and you’re riding the elevator. The doors open, and the CEO gets on. As the doors slowly...
elevator pitch n.— «Krueger said his book shows you how to make a “30-second elevator pitch” on voice mail.» —“Hiring Manager Has Real-World Tips For Graduates With Lessons To Learn” by Bonnie Newman...
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n.— «Elevator speech: a short two- or three-minute briefing.» —“Gold Mine of Gobbledygook” by Bryan Brumley in Washington, D.C. AP May 18, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
elevator pitch n.— «While it can be argued that the cases of poor judgement represent an extremely small amount of the total money that the NEA spends, these lapses make an excelent “Elevator Pitch” case for dismantling the...
–ting suffix— «“Mee-t’ing” or simply “t’ing.” A blind date. Sometimes a “so-gae t’ing” (lit. “introductory date”). Some folks used to speak jokingly of “eh-rae-bae-i-taw t’ing,”...