(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’.”
Squishy Number
RANDOM LINGO
Eat The Elephant In One Bite
(1). A safari inspired term that compares taking on too much work in a short period of time, to eating an elephant. Yup.
“Well David, I don’t want to eat the elephant in one bite here so do we really need the holiday promotion and the clown thing? I mean, one of these things is not like the other…you know what i mean?”
Backpedal
(1). To gradually change your opinion after receiving a negative response (see push back) from either your boss, your client or someone in Legal.
“Mike said we should price this account at fifty bips with no discounts, but now he’s backpedaling on that after the client threatened to call his golfing buddy the CEO.”