ass blanket

An action or strategy that quickly and effectively indemnifies someone or insulates them from a negative consequence.

Derived from "cover your ass," or CYA. (A blanket can easily and completely cover one's ass.)

When Bob's project group didn't meet projections, the programmers got all the blame because of one ass-blanket email Bob sent out criticizing his IT support.

"Why doesn't the boss fire that lazy, incompetent secretary of his?"
"Because if something doesn't get done, he can just blame her. She's his ass blanket."

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NINJA

A business acronym for "Need Information, Not Just Advice."

An admonition to provide objective and fact-based data, not subjective opinions.

"Joe keeps telling Dave how American cars are so crappy and unreliable, really slamming them. So now, every time, Dave is like, NINJA, NINJA! Have some real facts ready, or shut up!"

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fundosphere

Fund + sphere. A particular person's realm of affordability. (imitating words such as atmosphere, blogosphere, etc.)

I would really like to buy a new car, but right now that's way outta my fundosphere.