feather in cap, bee in bonnet (new!)

I am going to attempt to feature a new section called feather in cap, bee in bonnet. Per my namesake, it shall pertain specifically to the culture of work and I will try to always post it on Casual Friday. The phrase Feather in your cap comes from the early days of hunting and slaying either prey (food) or enemies (coworkers). Office life has largely taken the place of these sort of activities. The phrase, 'bee in your bonnet' was on Jeopardy last night.

The FICBIB* for this week:

Embolden your vocabulary.

when things aren't going your way, address coworkers in meetings with the following:
argumentative, bellicose, contentious, discordant, disputatious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, truculent, acidic, bearish, bilious, choleric, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, rude, snappish, snappy, surly, waspish, warring

when things aren't going your way. Refer to yourself in the future tense with the following: affable, amiable, amicable, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, ingratiating, obliging, pleasant, sociable; nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable