Follow One Course Until Successful (“focus” backronym)
"Follow One Course Until Successful" -- a backronym (back acronym) of the word "focus" -- is popular business advice. A business should have focus on a specific goal. American…
Founder’s Disease
"Founder's disease" is not a medical condition, but describes a problem that many new companies experience. A founder might be able to handle most of the responsibilities of a small…
Founder’s Syndrome
"Founder's syndrome" is not a medical condition, but describes a problem that many new companies experience. A founder might be able to handle most of the responsibilities of a small…
Founder’s Trap
"Founder's trap" describes a problem that many new companies experience. A founder might be able to handle most of the responsibilities of a small company, but that founder might be…
Four Rules of Plumbing (joke)
"Three Rules of Plumbing" or "Three Laws of Plumbing" -- sometimes four -- is a jocular list that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown, but the rules/laws have…
Friendternship (friend + internship)
"Friendternship" (freind + internship) was cited in print in 2010 and "friendterns" was cited in 2012. A "friendternship" is when one friend has another friend work…
Ganjapreneur (ganja + entrepreneur)
A "ganjapreneur" (ganja + entrepreneur) is a capitalist who sells ganja (marijuana) legally to medical marijuana patients. "Colorado's Marijuana Economy: An Explosion of…
Generation Perspiration
Entry in progress -- B.P. The Telegraph (UK)Money talks: Brits say pay package most important concern when jobseeking'Generation Perspiration', which was just grateful to have a job, has…
Generation Remuneration
Entry in progress -- B.P. The Telegraph (UK)Money talks: Brits say pay package most important concern when jobseeking'Generation Perspiration', which was just grateful to have a job, has…
Girl Friday (Gal Friday)
A "man Friday" is an assistant who does all kinds of work. The term is from the character of "Friday" in Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. "Girl Friday"…
Glass Ceiling
The "glass ceiling" is an invisible barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising higher up the corporate ladder; thosethat do are said to "shatter the glass ceiling."…
Glass Cliff
Women often break the "glass ceiling" to get a job. However, when women get an executive job, they often face a "glass cliff." As explained in "Introducing... the glass…
God Rewards Our Work (“grow” backronym)
Many churches have an organization called GROW, from the backronym (or back acronym) of "God Rewards Our Work." GROW usually represents ministry outreach programs. GROW (God Rewards Our…
GOOB (Going Out Of Business)
"GOOB" stands for "Going Out Of Business." The acronym dates in print to at least the early 1990s. In the 1960s, many businesses in Manhattan held "Going Out of…
Good Willie’s or Uncle Willie’s (Goodwill Industries nickname)
Goodwill Industries International, Inc., was founded in 1902 and received its "Goodwill Industries" name from its Brooklyn branch. The nonprofit Goodwill Industries is known for accepting…
Gov’t Squad (Geek Squad nickname)
Best Buy is an electronics store, and its Geek Squad repairs some of those electronics. In 2017 and 2018, it was discovered that the Geek Squad works with the FBI to examine the contents of a…
Government Motors (General Motors or GM nickname)
General Motors (GM) is an automotive company headquartered in Detroit; New York City's General Motors Building is at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan. In 2009, GM filed for Chapter 11…
Great Resignation (workers leaving jobs during Covid-19 pandemic)
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…
Gristede’s Mega Store (Gristede’s)
Gristede's has called it's large stores "Meg Stores." Gristede's has been in New York since 1888. http://www.gristedes.com/ourcompany_history.aspGRISTEDE'S HISTORYIn…
Grouponista (group coupon user)
Groupon is a company that produces "group coupons" that are presented to businesses for product discounts. The term "Grouponista" was used in July 2010 to describe someone who…