(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
Empty Suit
(1). Any corporate executive, financial advisor, lawyer or accountant who adds no substance to any situation and are usually present for the purpose of (1) running up fees, or (2) making the client feel important.
“Okay guys, Dave and I will be running the meeting. Steve, you and Sean are just some empty suits in the room to make the team look bigger. Sell it!”
Alternative Workflow
(1). A way of saying “work-around”, but really mean “our product is broken”.
“Thanks for jumping on this call, everyone. So, it looks like the level of effort to update the commission accounting system came in a bit higher than we expected, so we’ve developed an alternative workflow to get us to the same place. Commissions accrue daily, so this will need to be implemented after business each day.”
Props to Eric for the submission!