Skip to Main Content
The BS Dictionary
book

The BS Dictionary

by Bob Wiltfong, Tim Ito
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 38m
English
Association for Talent Development
Content preview from The BS Dictionary

cannibalize v. 1. To launch a new product that takes market share away from a company’s established products. 2. To remove parts, equipment, assets, employees, and so forth from an item, a product, or a business in order to use them in another.

BS Definition: To cut off your nose to spite your face … and then eat that nose.

Origin: Derived from the Spanish word canibal, the term was first applied by the Spaniards to West Indies natives, who the Europeans believed were anthropophagites (eaters of human flesh). Apparently, the term was Christopher Columbus’s interpretation of how the natives referred to themselves (kalino, karina).1 How he got ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional's Guide to Building Your Platform

Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional's Guide to Building Your Platform

Alan Weiss
Microsoft® Expression® Web On Demand

Microsoft® Expression® Web On Demand

Steve Johnson - Perspection, Inc.

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781950496174