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Pre-Estimate Meeting

An extremely valuable meeting with all of the best minds at the table to ensure all the right specifications and customer requirements are in place so that we can estimate and price the work effectively in order to win the work. (For the sake of efficiency - these meetings should be held after the structural designs have either been approved or we are 92% sure that the design will be approved)
This morning we went to the pre-estimate meeting after the structural design had been approved! It was so fun and there was a lot of amazing information gathered!
Pre-Estimate Meeting by TJBoissinot February 24, 2022

intentional false estimate 

A charge that is not yet a criminal offense, but should be. Deliberately mis-stating how long something will take, how much it will cost, or how difficult it will be.

Originated by Larry Miller and Colonel Jeff Fox.
Tim: It's real close, an easy 5-10 minutes hike.
David (after a 30 minute hike straight up the side of a mountain): That wasn't 10 minutes!
Tim: I knew if I told you the truth, you wouldn't do it.
David: That's an intentional false estimate. You should be in jail, asshole.

Her: We just have to stop in at the party and say "hi". 30 minutes tops.
Him (2 hours later): 30 minutes!? 30 minutes?! Intentional false estimate!
Her: Just like, "the game will be over in 5 minutes?"

estimate deficit 

not being able to guess, afraid to come up with a hunch, not willing to use a ballpark guesstimate, afraid to give a viewpoint in case it's not the perfect one, being uncomfortable with tentativeness.
A: How far is it to LA do you think?
B: I have no idea.
A: But what would you say?
B: I haven't a clue.
A: Would it be one mile?
B. I wouldn't know.
A: How about 20 light years.
B. Gee, there's no way of even imagining how far it is.

Individual B would have ED---estimate deficit
estimate deficit by California Gibb February 23, 2011

boob estimation technique 

(B)oob (E)stimation (T)echnique

The process by which one determines a woman's bust strictly by appearance from a distance. This method is also name as BET for short.

The method may involve how much the breast protrudes from the clothing that is worn on the individual. This gives the observer an indication of the volume of the boob.
Further factors may include the height or weight of the person.
Dude 1: Dude, check out the rack on that chick! How big is she?

Dude 2: I dunno man, but let's use the Boob Estimation Technique!

Dude 1: BET? You're on!

Working on a business estimate

Working the streetcorner, usually as a streetwalker and clad very skimpily.
'Yeah that hoe Jenna is all ABOUT working on a business estimate...'

E.P.T. (Estimated Poop Time) 

The time you have until you need to get to the crapper.
My E.P.T. (Estimated Poop Time) is about 5 minutes. Get this car moving.