Meeting & Scheduling Jargon · Associate level

"Double-booked"

"Double-booked" means scheduled for two different meetings or commitments at the same time, making it impossible to attend both.

Say this instead: scheduled twice at once

How "Double-booked" shows up at work

A calendar condition that afflicts mid-level employees most, since nobody senior enough to decline meetings has yet stopped accepting them reflexively. The word makes a scheduling conflict sound like an airline problem.

Buzzword

I'm double-booked at 2 p.m., so can we move to 3?

Plain English

I have two meetings scheduled at 2 p.m., so can we move to 3?

Corporate Rank: Associate · Category: Meeting & Scheduling Jargon

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