Vatu's definitions

Brick

10 thousand US dollars cash, in 100 dollar bills.

"The guy makes a brick a month."

by Vatu November 1, 2013

Airport Magic

a unique constellation in the space/time continuum that temporarily gives one a James Bond-like ability to pass through airport security and check-in procedures in record time.

"Ben got from the parking lot to the gate in about 15 minutes. Airport Magic."

"Ben got from the parking lot to the gate in about 15 minutes. Airport Magic."

by Vatu August 23, 2015

Beerslave

A person (often a friend) engaged on an ad hoc basis to perform a specific, often menial task within a larger project and compensated in beer after completion of the task.

Well, we had an engineer, some carpenters and of course Jack and John as the beerslaves helped out quite a bit.

by Vatu June 24, 2019

vagrance

The smell of a homeless person.

"After the bums were forced to vacate the building, there was a vagrance in the air for some days."

by Vatu July 21, 2019

relax the issue

A non-confrontational device to make your final contribution to a strand of argument. The counterpart of "raising an issue".

"After having raised the point of budget revisions, Jim wanted to get on with other business so he relaxed the issue by alluding to maintaining the integrity of the project cycle."
"Well, it seems we are not going to see eye-to-eye on this so I want to relax the issue by saying just look at article number five."

by Vatu November 28, 2019

Chairman

The guy who sits on a chair while others work for him.

I didn't have to contribute much since I was the chairman.

by Vatu December 21, 2019

alpha time

A moment when it is time to step up and make good on your leadership credentials.

The team was underperforming and unco-ordinated. It was alpha time.

by Vatu May 3, 2019