(1). A basketball term used by management to pressure sales staff to concentrate on a favored (read: expensive) or, more likely, under-performing product.
Full Court Press
RANDOM LINGO
Back of the Envelope
(1). See back of the napkin.
“This is just back of the envelope, but I think we can get this done for only a couple thousand bucks. Wait, you’d like to see our rate sheet? Gotta go!”
War Room
(1). Just a plain old conference room. No guns. No tanks. Just phones, whiteboards, and co-workers.
(2). A description given to one of your office’s conference rooms, usually the largest one, by management to imply it is only for the most important of meetings….which they are usually anything but.
“Ok people, we are meeting in the war room at 3:00pm for a briefing on CuteCatSweaters.com’s holiday plans. Let’s get in there and sell some sweaters!”