- CONTRACTOR – A gambler who never gets to shuffle, cut or deal!
- BID OPENING – A poker game in which the losing hand wins.
- LOW BIDDER – A contractor who is wondering what he/she has left out.
- ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE – The cost of construction in Heaven.
- CRITICAL PATH METHOD – A management technique for losing your shirt under perfect control.
- OSHA – A protective coating made by half-baking a mixture of fine print, split hairs, red tape and baloney – usually applied at random with a shot gun.
- STRIKE – An effort to increase egg production by strangling the chicken.
- DELAYED PAYMENT – A tourniquet applied at the pockets.
- COMPLETION DATE – The point at which liquidated damages begin.
- LIQUIDATED DAMAGES – A penalty for failing to achieve the impossible.