(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.”
RIF-ed
Woodcock-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.
Xanax
(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.
RANDOM LINGO
Cry Wolf
(1). To habitually create a crisis where none truly exists.
“What? Lou said we have a huge accounting error in our quarterly earnings report? I’m sure it’s fine. Lou just likes to cry wolf to bring attention to himself.”
Flip Flop
(1). When a political candidate changes his mind on an issue. Because we should all be held to some stupid thing we said 20 years ago in a college paper about God or the environment. I don’t know about you guys, but most of my college papers were written in about 45 minutes the night before it was due. Who knows what I said?!
“This just goes to prove that the governor flip flops on the issues. How can we believe anything he says when we know that in 8th grade he believed the greatest threat to our nation was the New Kids on the Block? And now he says it’s Iran! Incredible!”