Hit the Ground Running: One of many clichés that stem from the rhetorically sticky realms of sports and war. If you use expressions like “home run”, “rope in”, “ballpark”, “game changer”, “step up your game”, “war room”, “on target”, “maneuver”, “win-win”, “battleground, “fight”, and “under fire” you may hear “Yeah, let’s hit the ground running” as an answer. While we don’t police language for grammatical, political or stylistic correctness, we do retaliate (!) with unconditional (!) ridicule upon designers who speak like B-actors playing C-managers. We do encourage using clear language, including precise business terms and swear words. However, business clichés are a form of rhetorical Lace. Similarly, some German terms like “Abfrühstücken” are taboo for internal use.