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Miss Elaine Eos (Misc@*your-shoes*PlayNaked.com) 2005/02/26 16:14

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Organization: Very little. Maybe some on weekends.
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In article <cv6irc$mul$1@news.yaako.com>,
 "eagleloch" <eagleloch@deletethis.hotmail.com> wrote:

> I had seen a example sentence in Collins Dictionary: The world of work
> doesn't operate that way.
>
> And, What is "The world of work"?

It's a funny way of saying "the corporate world" or "the
work-environment."

Some people also say things like "that's a nice philosophy, but THE REAL
WORLD doesn't work that way", meaning something very similar.

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