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lion food
(foldoc) | lion food
(IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by
extension, administrative drones in general. The term derives
from an old joke:
Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their
chances. When they finally meet after two months, one is
skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says, "How did
you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a
small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible.
Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even
grass." The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM
office and ate a manager every day. Nobody even noticed!"
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-01)
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lion food
(jargon) | lion food
n.
[IBM] Middle management or HQ staff (or, by extension, administrative
drones in general). From an old joke about two lions who, escaping from the
zoo, split up to increase their chances but agree to meet after 2 months.
When they finally meet, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin
one says: “How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out
a small army to chase me — guns, nets, it was terrible. Since then I've
been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass.” The fat one replies: “
Well, I hid near an IBM office and ate a manager a day. And nobody even
noticed!”
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