A quality or attitude indicative of the desire to document one's lack of culpability for foreseeable negative outcomes.
Derived from the acronym CYA, which stands for "Cover Your Ass" -- common parlance in the American workplace, used when warning co-workers to protect themselves with adequate, blame-deflecting documentation.
Derived from the acronym CYA, which stands for "Cover Your Ass" -- common parlance in the American workplace, used when warning co-workers to protect themselves with adequate, blame-deflecting documentation.
Joe is thankful to the Legal department for refining his skills at inserting stealth qualifiers (such as: "can," "may" and "helps to ... ") to enhance the CYA-ishness of his written materials.
by Robert-not-Rob July 20, 2009

by Kara and Becca January 28, 2005

This bay ish is jammin LIKE YEEE! some bay ish:
.TELL ME WHEN TO GO- E40 AND KEAK DA SNEAK
.GO DUMB
.HYPHY
.18 DUMMY
.YELLOW BUS RIDER
ETC ETC ETC
.TELL ME WHEN TO GO- E40 AND KEAK DA SNEAK
.GO DUMB
.HYPHY
.18 DUMMY
.YELLOW BUS RIDER
ETC ETC ETC
by mz ghetto couture May 27, 2006

by Emmabean January 18, 2008

Similar to kinda.
Most people may think yes, or no, but you are not thinking that so you would use ISH-LY
Most people may think yes, or no, but you are not thinking that so you would use ISH-LY
by Myke Payne June 21, 2008

by Romanceandchains January 23, 2014

by The Biggest Bosss November 29, 2010
