What is Shrimp Gulping?
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When managers or supervisors speak in technical meetings in an effort to sound knowledgeable by simply restating obvious facts. The phrase suggests the manager is better off sitting on the beach enjoying shrimp cocktail rather than participating in technical discussions.
Dave: Testing should be conducted internally and externally to test firewall and security behavior as well as the software changes themselves.
CTO: Yes, this testing is important.
Dave: Uh, yeah. Yeah, it is. Thanks.
Bill: (quietly) Man, that was some shrimp gulping! *dip dip* *GULP* Go back to the beach, old man!
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