(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
CYA
(1). In most industries, an acronym for “cover your ass”. The term is most often used when describing an email or voicemail sent to your boss about some problem before anyone else beats you to it (see post).
“You should send Tim an email about this right now, Joe. Just as a CYA. Better he hear it from you before anyone else…”
(2). In accounting, an acronym for “call your accountant”. The term is usually used after receiving some kind of letter from the IRS.
“I would CYA on this, Ken. It says you haven’t filed a return since 1987. I know you’re backing Ron Paul for president, but…”
Swivel Chair
(1). To immediately process and hand something off.
“The data will be swivel chaired into the ASYLUM management tool. Boy, we really need to start coming up with better acronyms for our applications…”
Props to Kyle B. for the submission.