(1). An attempt to make an unfortunate or ugly situation look good, without success.
Lipstick On A Pig
RANDOM LINGO
What We Do Best
(1). What you say when trying to explain the value you add to the company’s business (which, for most of us, is pretty hard to define).
“‘What we do best’? I’ll tell you what we do best … blah, blah, blah … Just do your job and shut the hell up!”
Props to Brent D. for the submission.
Moving Target
(1). An impossible-to-identify goal that keeps shifting and changing with the whims of your client or manager. Just try to hit it … just try!
“So, Eric … I think we finally have what Ari’s looking for. It was a bit of a moving target, but it looks like if we just eliminate the ‘liabilities’ line-item, his company’s financials will match what he wanted.”