Protecting Confidential Information – Keeping It "Mum"

In this day of the phrase, the age of the sound byte, where we are constantly bludgeoned by new sayings such as "wassup", "your dissed" and "that’s a heads up", or even heaven forbid banalities such as "moving forward" some old sayings still have meaning.

For example, there is an oft’ used old English colloquialism which talks about "keeping it mum" or "mums the word"– conveying to the recipient that this information is confidential - and moreover intimates that the information is of some value.

So why then do we have expressions such as these? Well, the simple answer is that the information is confidential and does have a value - and when used properly, will increase in worth – but, on the other hand, when used indiscreetly will reduce in value.