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(1). To annoyingly raise hypothetical arguments whose only purpose is to prolong already endless conference calls.
“Before I let you go, let me just play devil’s advocate here…what if we didn’t change the filter in the coffee machine…? What would happen then?”
(1). A fancy way to say “talking to customers”, used by consultants to push some new seminar your bosses think will make you more personable or something.
“Okay team, I want you to welcome Mitch here who’s going to be talking to us about maximizing client engagement. Please give Mitch your full attention for the next three hours as he explains his system for making the most of your client meetings. I’ll be available by Blackberry if anyone needs me … have a nice weekend!”
(1). An obscure legal penalty that has no real possibility of being imposed, but that lawyers like to bring up to scare their clients into hiring them to do more legal work.
“Don’t listen to Maureen, Patty. She just likes telling ghost stories. There’s no way anyone’s ever going to sue us over our use of the word ‘fee’ in our fee schedule. It’s a fee schedule! What else are we supposed to call it!”
