manage expectations

corporate doublespeak for "we don't want to do our best, so let's make sure people think we're doing our best without revealing that we're not doing our best" -- anything in which you have to "manage expectations" means you could probably devote more time and effort to making things better, but you just don't feel like it

Marketing has to manage expectations of our new software package so that the boss doesn't make us do any more work.

by Yet Another Josh Cohen January 13, 2007

Expectation

1. What one thinks will happen in the future.
2. What one wants to happen in the future.

The only word known to be both a synonym and antonym to itself, because an optimist will expect their expectations to be met, while a pessimist will not expect their expectations to be met.

Ronald fell short of my expectations, but I kind of expected him to.

by Kwing May 5, 2015

expectation

Extreme yearning or anxiety due to the desire to fondle the breasts of a former lover.

He recalled is his first wife's beautifully shaped breasts,and was suddenly in the throes of melancholia and expectation.

by archimedest July 28, 2006

Wife Expectancy

After a male has been diagnosed with a fiance, the period remaining to engage in guys' night activities before the wedding/shackle fitting ceremony.

Did you hear Brando's getting married this weekend?
Yeah dude, wife expectancy of like three days.
We're gonna need another keg.

by Spyrokeet January 4, 2009

Expectancle

To expect tentacles while watching porn whilst on the phone with your significant other.

"Did you expectancle my tentacles inside you?"

by AAAAAAHHHHHHHGHGHHHHH October 20, 2016

Expectating

The act of witnessing a new couples face when planning the birth of a new child.

The look of horror while expectating Hoffa and Kenna Rays future offspring , suggests an event that shouldn't happen.

by God of geometry June 18, 2016

subverting expectations

Taking established points of previous installments in a franchice belowed by billions of people and completely destroying it to un unrecoverable state, deforming the most miniscule details as well (e.g. how gravity works in space), just because you have the power to do it while NOT taking any accountability your actions.

The Last Jedi is subverting expectations of the Star Wars fans.

by Hrnek February 13, 2022