(1). A cheesy way of saying “fired”.
“I reached out to Bob this morning to let him know he was termed. He didn’t take it well…hear all those sirens?”
Props to John D. for the submission!
Termed
RANDOM LINGO
Carbon-Based Error
(1). A human error or screw-up.
“Hi, this is the Helpdesk. Frozen Outlook, eh? Sounds like a carbon-based error to me. Just turn it off and back on again and you should be fine.”
Props to Eileen R. for the submission.
Get In Front Of
(1). To proactively address an issue which is identified as potentially dangerous to the firm or a client relationship. The term is often used when trying to quietly clean up an error before the client notices anything is wrong.