slice and dice
Who taught: Jessy and Today show
Two days a week, Jessy gives me a ride to my work. Today was one of those days. On our way to my work today, Jessy asked me a question, “Hey! Do you know what ‘slice and dice’ means?”
Having a career in the information technology area, I have known the expression for a while. So, I was able to answer, telling Jessy the definition of the expression.
However, the way I remember this expression has nothing to do with my career. I think of this expression, imagining myself slicing and dicing a cucumber for salad so that I can eat the pieces of the cucumber easily.
Jessy said, “I heard that expression this Morning, watching the Today show. On the show, a reporter said,’When it comes to checking a return policy, slicing and dicing is better.'”
You know that this does not mean that you are physically cutting the return policy horizontally and vertically. That would not be a good idea. You would lose your receipt.
Oh.. Whenever I think of this expression, another word comes to my mind. It is “scrutinize.” What do you think? Pretty close, right? When you slice and dice a return policy, that means basically you are scrutinizing it so that you can keep yourself from being caught in a bad situation.
Now, I have always thought this expression has a negative connotation. Slicing and dicing is like being too picky about things. What do you think? Am I right? Enlighten me, my friends!
We use this phrase a lot at my work as a financial analyst… we get a ton of data each month and when you look at it at a high level, it doesn’t tell you all that much. You have to slice and dice it and drill down to really make sense of the numbers.
That is a perfect example for me to think of. Thanks, Kelly!
I can only think of Grom Hellscream from WarCraft II:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100106112156/wowwiki/images/c/c8/HeroGromHellscreamWC2.gif
SLICE AND DICE!
Since I am not a gamer, I do not think I get this image in relation to this expression.