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(1). A term used to describe a low-margin business unit (see keep the lights on) which will never, ever be a major profit center, resulting in mediocre pay for its staff, further resulting in mediocre staff.
“Urinal-mint manufacturing is a bread and butter business, people. We may not be flashy, but we’ll always be able to say that business doesn’t stink.”
(1). A dollar amount that just may be subject to considerable interpretation.
“Yeah…I know he said he was worth a billion dollars, but I think that’s a bit of a squishy number. We might want to make that ‘b’ an ‘m’.”
(1). To omit some critical piece of information during a sales pitch (i.e. fees, your actual capabilities, etc.).
“Look, Dean … we’re not trying to play hide the ball here! We can’t NOT tell this guy we don’t actually know how to build his website and that your little brother – who’s sixteen by the way – is going to be doing it for us!”
