My husband's boss is always telling someone to massage something -- as in "why don't you massage that idea a little...."
I'm glad that I don't work for him -- that just creeps me out! My husband is the master of the blank stare -- he can hear this stuff and not even blink We call it "the power to ignore" -- that's the super power I'd like to have

By the way -- has anyone else heard that expression? It was new to me.