(1). A positive-sounding way to describe a poor condition or situation, in an attempt to maintain the illusion that all conditions or situations are actually good ones.
Sub-Optimal
RANDOM LINGO
Makework
(1). Assigned tasks with no obvious goal and with seemingly no end, usually assigned to new hires, interns or anybody working in a bank these days.
“Oh, c’mon Lisa! This is just makework and you know it! There is absolutely no reason we need to take information off of our system and put it into this spreadsheet. I mean…it’s on the system! Just go look there!”
Fire Sale
(1). The sale of a company or business unit at an extremely low price solely for the purpose of getting rid of it (see stop the bleeding).