A number where the value is determined at the user's discretion. Subject to change every time it's used.
JIM: I bet you a snillion dollars that you can't toss that up and catch it in your mouth!
GINGER: I just did. You owe me a million dollars!
JIM: No, I said a snillion dollars. That's really only $1 dollar.
(Had Jim won the bet, he could have claimed that it was worth $10, $100 or any other value)
The immutable law that the higher a person climbs the corporate ladder the more useless they become to common business & management tasks. Named after Jeffery Skilling of Enron fame.
"Why is Bob the VP asking everybody who there are doing?"
"Joyce the Deptartment head is off this week. He told her he'd look after things while she's gone."
"OMG don't let him do anything while he's here. That man is the personification of Skilling's Law."