(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
Fee Relief
(1). An forced acknowledgement by one of your vendors that they’ve been gouging you for years. They’ll give you a little discount to promote the strong inertia pulling you to stay with them for at least one more year of excellent service!
“Sure, Rita … we’ll take a look at our engagement to see if we can find you a little fee relief. I have to say, though, we’re operating at breakeven as it is, so ….”
Die on the Vine
(1). When a project that you really want approved just kind of finds itself left off of the budget committee agenda over and over again until it is eventually forgotten altogether.
“I don’t understand it…it wasn’t a huge spend. I guess it just kind of died on vine…”