What it actually means
Let me ask the question I should have asked five minutes ago without admitting that's what I'm doing.
Surface meaning: To explore a topic in greater detail (verb).
If someone just said “Double-Click” in a meeting, here is what they probably meant, what to do about it, and how to keep your sanity.
In the wild
VP: Can we double-click on the assumptions?
(Spends 20 minutes asking what the numbers mean.)
How to respond
Pre-empt: open the meeting with the assumptions slide. The double-click was always going to happen. Save 18 minutes.
Origin
Borrowed from UI in the 2010s. The verb means 'click harder', which is also what double-clicking literally is.
FAQ
What does "Double-Click" actually mean?
Let me ask the question I should have asked five minutes ago without admitting that's what I'm doing.
Where did the phrase "Double-Click" come from?
Borrowed from UI in the 2010s. The verb means 'click harder', which is also what double-clicking literally is.
How should I respond when someone says "Double-Click"?
Pre-empt: open the meeting with the assumptions slide. The double-click was always going to happen. Save 18 minutes.
Related corporate vocabulary
This was, of course, a meeting that should have been an email.
Run the fake meeting simulator. Generate a bingo card. Be busy without being there.
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