I must admit to being fond of the phrase ‘High Jingo’. For
me, it conjures up images of significant discussions, high
level agreements, a slight ‘voodoo’ connotation and of
back-room deals. All part of politics and big business. Of
course nothing to do with the disciplined, structured,
process-oriented professionalism of IT delivery!
Be warned, the apparently quoted definition in our title
tag phrase is totally made up by me, and won’t be found in
any commercial dictionary! Sorry.
The author, Michael Connelly has many references to ‘high
jingo’ in his LA-based detective novels. If you are so
inclined, ‘The Closer’ is worth a read.
On the music front, Lee Konitz, Art Pepper and members of
the West Coast Friends recorded the album ‘High Jingo’ in
January 1982. I will try to get a sample of the title track
added to this site. Just for interests sake.
I would be delighted to hear of any other references to
‘high jingo’ that you may come across.