(1). What you’re currently doing.
“I don’t know Vito. I don’t really categorize what I do as busy work. I mean, someone has to make sure we have toner, right?”
Busy Work
RANDOM LINGO
Absent Father
(1). The manager who’s never around to manage.
(2). Your boss.
“Boy, Jim sure is an absent father these days. He blew off his own meeting because, in his words, it was ‘too nice out'”.
Noodle
(1). To think about; a clever way for attorneys who do not know the answer to a question to buy time to have a junior associate research the issue, while still appearing thoughtful and knowledgeable to their client.
“I’m going to have to noodle on this a bit more before giving you an opinion, John. Now, at $750 an hour…carry the 4…I should be able to get back to you next Tuesday.”