Catchword: takeaway

Filed under: English, Business, Jargon

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: In this context, “key takeaways” is the phrase speakers use when what they really mean is “the important points of my presentation I want you to remember.” (An equally odious and related phrase, “key learnings,” has already been stomped on by “Dilbert.”)

Article or document title:
“Lessons this scribe learned in 2004” (URL)

Author:
Bill Virgin

Article, document, publication, web site:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Publishing location:
Wash.

Date of publication:
Dec. 30, 2004

This catchword has yet to be researched.