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(1). A method of passing legislation by agreement of both political parties. It is usually used to describe legislation which has failed to pass at all.
“We have appointed a bipartisan sub-committee to review the findings of the bipartisan special commitee on the actions of the bipartisan standing committee appointed by Congress in a bipartisan manner to investigate allegations that the bipartisan sub-committee manipulated their findings for partisan purposes.”
(1). The art of pinpointing the important points your client is trying to get across (unlike most of us, who just wait for them to stop talking so we can say whatever we think they want to hear).
“You’re doing a good job, Rick, but I think you need to do a little more active listening during client meetings. We really can’t be saying ‘sounds good’ after a client tells us his wife just died…”
(1). Unnecessarily customized. Like iPhone cases.
“I just can’t believe we can’t figure out how to provide annual fee summaries in some kind of automated fashion, Don. Having your team create some kind of bespoke document for every account is lunacy. Can you see if the Tech guys have some kind of solution here? I’m going to let Jim know I’m on top of this, in the meantime. Thanks a bunch.”
