Pick your brain
A corporate euphemism for "waste your time" that makes bothering people sound like a collaborative strategy, usually used when someone wants free advice without paying for it.
Examples
Examples:
- "Can I pick your brain?" (can I waste your time for free?)
- "Brain picking will help." (wasting your time will somehow help me)
- "We need to pick more brains." (we need to waste more people's time)
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euphemismwastebotheringcollaborativefree
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