(1). Reduction In Force – to be laid off, in governnment or teaching parlance.
“The mayor of NYC is calling for thousands of teachers to be RIF-ed but the president of the UFT says it’s all B.S.”
RIF-ed
RANDOM LINGO
Squishy Number
(1). A dollar amount that just may be subject to considerable interpretation.
“Yeah…I know he said he was worth a billion dollars, but I think that’s a bit of a squishy number. We might want to make that ‘b’ an ‘m’.”
My Understanding
(1). A term often used by lawyers to cover themselves when in reality, they have no idea what they are talking about.
“My understanding was that we could pay those customs officials “bonuses” and not expose ourselves to any liability. Who knew there was a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?”
Props to Jared P. for the submission.