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(1). A way to tell a job candidate “no” without actually having to say “no”. (WARNING: May lead to uncomfortable follow-up phone calls and emails.)
“Yeah, I’m not sure this guy’s firm material, you know what I mean? Well, let’s put him on a warm hold for now and call in some other candidates.”
(1). A magical place where lawyers dwell in which all situations have logical explanations and the real world is not permitted to distract from their pure, academic, legal analysis.
(1). A somewhat polite (and yet overly descriptive) way to describe the reason your boss was just fired…and the reason his secretary was recently promoted to vice president.
“People, I wanted to let you know that Mike decided to resign as CFO yesterday…seems he had a bit of a zipper issue earlier this year that we feel may cause some reputational risk to the firm. We’ve named Herman as his temporary replacement. You all know Herman…he’s the guy with the hairy mole on his nose and the moobs…no risks there!”
