Email & Comms Jargon · Associate level

"Bumping this"

"Bumping this" means resurfacing an earlier message or email thread to bring it back to someone's attention.

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How "Bumping this" shows up at work

The corporate equivalent of tapping someone on the shoulder. It lands in your inbox two days after the original, accompanied by nothing new except the word itself and a growing sense of obligation.

Buzzword

Bumping this in case it got buried in your inbox last week.

Plain English

Resurfacing this in case it got buried in your inbox last week.

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