(1). Reduction In Force – to be laid off, in governnment or teaching parlance.
“The mayor of NYC is calling for thousands of teachers to be RIF-ed but the president of the UFT says it’s all B.S.”
0-5+10RIF-ed
0-5+100-5+100-5+10Woodcock-Johnson
(1). Some kind of new IQ test the government makes kids take to see if they’re going to be doctors or…not doctors.
“My son found the Woodcock-Johnson to be a little overwhelming…I think he definitely needs to have extra time when he takes his SATs…my attorney thinks so, too.”
Props to Katie B. for the submission.
0-5+10Xanax
(1). What most people take after work, but what teachers take before work. God bless our children.
“Ugh…I’ve got lunch duty today. Good thing I sprinkled some Xanax into my coffee this morning…”
Props to V for the submission.
0-5+20RANDOM LINGO
Game-Time Decision
(1). A last minute decision made by someone who can’t commit to anything in advance.
“Drinks after work? Hmm…I’ll have to make it a game-time decision. Might have a couple of emails to send out today…”
+20Center of Excellence
(1). Somewhere hot and humid where labor costs are more than reasonable.
“That’s right…we’ve just recently expanded our center of excellence in Bangalore. Now we have even more “Steve from Dallas”-es ready to tell all of our customers to turn their computers off and then back on again!”
+20