Honestly "ask" as a noun, despite the hate, was one of the most useful corpwords they mentioned. If I say "what's the ask here?" I mean the concrete part. I me

Honestly "ask" as a noun, despite the hate, was one of the most useful corpwords they mentioned. If I say "what's the ask here?" I mean the concrete part. I mean the "request" just described (by a middle-man) was so fluffy in its language I couldn't figure out what actual action we need to take to make the asker happy. It's a common situation in a corporate world, and imo deserves its own word.