Li’l Wanderin’ Elf's definitions

shut up money

Money given, or taken, from any organization that wants to pretend they care. Instead, they just give you some money, then they never want to hear from you ever again.
This played out in the movie Shawshank Redemption, for library funds.

I told the Employment Officer that I received my yearly dividend cheque, but I called it “shut up money”. The officer did not even question me about where it came from, or what it was about.

by Li’l Wanderin’ Elf February 23, 2023