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(1). A hokey, colloquial phrase intended to dissuade clients from selling out of a declining investment due to short-term market fluctuations. Clients are often puzzled as to the phrase’s meaning, leading them to take no action, which was, of course, the speaker’s intent.
(1). The last word you ask a co-worker in an email in which you forward another email you received to which you either (a) don’t know how to respond, or (b) don’t want to respond. Also see punt.
“Hi Tom:
Below is an email I received from Compliance regarding why we seem to have an unusually high frequency of wire fraud in our accounts. Thoughts?
Thanks a bunch,
Lou”
(1). Something your boss doesn’t want to have to do in order to figure out whatever it is your 25-page spreadsheet is trying to get at.
“Look, Marie. I want this presentation to be short and simple…we don’t want John to have to go through a bunch of mental gymnastics to figure out what we’re showing him here.”
