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the 'sorry I missed this' lie

noun phrase /thuh-sor-ee-eye-mist-this-ly/

A corporate fabrication designed to cover up the fact that you read the message, hated it, and ignored it until guilt set in.

“I deployed the 'sorry I missed this' lie on Tuesday morning.”

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