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It’s an adjective; it means able to adjust to new conditions or capable of being modified for a new purpose. It can be applied to both people and objects and some authorities say that being adaptable, able to cope with changing conditions, is why humans are the dominant life form on earth.
It is frequently used in the workplace to describe someone who can handle anything and is capable of taking on the jobs that would have others scratching their heads until they got splinters under their fingers. It is also used to describe members of the British armed forces, one reason, perhaps, why they are the best in the world.
It is frequently used in the workplace to describe someone who can handle anything and is capable of taking on the jobs that would have others scratching their heads until they got splinters under their fingers. It is also used to describe members of the British armed forces, one reason, perhaps, why they are the best in the world.
People are adaptable when conditions change.
The telephone was sufficiently adaptable to go mobile and send texts.
The telephone was sufficiently adaptable to go mobile and send texts.
by AKACroatalin May 19, 2015
Get the Adaptable mug.This phrase is derived from the English slang word buggerance meaning something annoying, an untimely interruption or anything else that interferes with the smooth progress of work. It is used a lot in project management where it became necessary to allow additional time for these unforeseen and unforeseeable events. Where it was not possible to allow this time against a particular element of the project, a non-specific increase in time was allowed to cover these eventualities, this became known as the Buggerance Factor.
The Buggerance Factor is there to cover the extra time needed to rectify those things, which never ever go wrong, but invariably do if you fail to allow for them. It is usually added because of a sixth sense on the part of the project manager that something unexpected is going to happen and is the factor that allows for the law of project management that states Parkinson, Murphy and Sod are alive and well and working on your project. See also Malcolm’s Law.
The Buggerance Factor is there to cover the extra time needed to rectify those things, which never ever go wrong, but invariably do if you fail to allow for them. It is usually added because of a sixth sense on the part of the project manager that something unexpected is going to happen and is the factor that allows for the law of project management that states Parkinson, Murphy and Sod are alive and well and working on your project. See also Malcolm’s Law.
That Heale Malcolm has managed to wangle his way on to the next project!
That fuckwit! We'd better increase the buggerance factor in that case.
That fuckwit! We'd better increase the buggerance factor in that case.
by AKACroatalin February 28, 2019
Get the Buggerance Factor mug.This is a British expression of contempt. The original Barbara Cartland was a British female author who wrote incredibly predictable, dated chick lit; she was well-known for a number of reasons:-
She had the longest entry in “Who’s Who”;
She believed that, despite her age and decrepitude she was incredibly attractive to the male sex;
Under no circumstances could she possibly be wrong;
The meaning has now broadened and is used to describe any pretentious, arrogant, unattractive female with delusions about her looks, talent, knowledge etc. Should you meet one usher her into the nearest padded cell with a forked vermin stick and arrange for NASA to send her on a probe to Jupiter.
She had the longest entry in “Who’s Who”;
She believed that, despite her age and decrepitude she was incredibly attractive to the male sex;
Under no circumstances could she possibly be wrong;
The meaning has now broadened and is used to describe any pretentious, arrogant, unattractive female with delusions about her looks, talent, knowledge etc. Should you meet one usher her into the nearest padded cell with a forked vermin stick and arrange for NASA to send her on a probe to Jupiter.
Kim’s had a letter published in a free newspaper, now she’s acting like she’s an ace reporter!
Stupid munter! What a Barbara Cartland!
Stupid munter! What a Barbara Cartland!
by AKACroatalin March 11, 2019
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