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From Amazing Grace to A Floating Opportunity

An old Southern term an African-American mother uses to describe an long and sometimes well deserved, ass-whooping in order to warn her child, or others who cross her. This African-American saying, used as a motherly warning, first popped up in the 1930 play Mule Bone by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
“You’d better behave, or I’ll knock you from amazing grace to a floating opportunity!”
by ajcub225 June 7, 2019
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Hooters Girl Opportunity Window

The amount of time a Hooters Girl is single and available as a dating prospect. Usually measured in milliseconds.
Guy 1: "Did you hear? Dawn the Hooters Girl is Single!"
Guy 2: "Forget it. That information is at least 10 minutes old. The Hooters Girl Opportunity Window on that one closed."
by bobandbill July 12, 2011
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Opportunity

A word they use in Corporate America to trick you into doing work no one else wants to do while thinking your going to get promoted as a result of your hard work.
"Hey! Can you please file these work papers and make these copies! This is a great opportunity! You should be glad you got this!!!!
by You dundoit May 5, 2005
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opportunity cost

The value of resources and time given up relative to the best alternative. Includes the estimation of time in process. If a economy is competitive, the opportunity cost is a good indicator of the price because any change in prices is a change in the opportunity cost, which means a change in the allocation of resources.
The opportunity cost of 9/11 was huge! Lives were lost, capital was destroyed, people got sick......so when 9/11 happened there was a change in the market prices which changed the allocation of resources.
by rodan118 February 9, 2010
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Development Opportunity

Basically a shit sandwich served up at your work by a senior manager, who calls it a 'development opportunity' to relieve their conscience as they should be performing this task themselves.
Manager - "I have a development opportunity for you, could you please do (insert mundane task here)?"
You - "Fuck!"
by It's a swan February 4, 2010
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Opportunity

Opportunity is a set of circumstances that is conducive for the occurrence of an event or for the performance of a task. It can also be defined as the amount of time or a situation in which something can be done -Emeasoba George
Opportunity is synonymous with chance.
by Emeasoba George July 14, 2018
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Development opportunity

A responsibility or task that absolutely noone wants.
Boss: So who wants to take minutes for this two hour meeting every Friday lunchtime where we spout bullshit about stuff that nobody really cares about?
Employees: ...
Boss: But it's a DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY :)
by 1DNS March 27, 2020
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