(1). A specialist … well … someone who believes he’s a specialist. Really, just a guy who only knows how to do one thing.
“Look, we’re ankle doctors here. We sell RV insurance. That’s it.”
Ankle Doctor
RANDOM LINGO
Optics
(1). Work done for a client that has no purpose other than to make it look like you are doing work for the client (see add value).
“Let’s suggest a few changes to the portfolio at tomorrow’s meeting. I know we don’t need to, but these things are all about optics, right?”
Hand-To-Hand Combat
(1). When you sit down with a stockbroker to see if you can glom onto his book of business (or … ahem! … “look for potential synergies“).
“So, I went through a little hand-to-hand combat with Ken and I think we were able to identify a couple of accounts where we could be helpful. He wants us to do it at no charge, of course, which may be a bit of a challenge.”