CYA-ishness


a quality or att-tude indicative of the desire to doc-ment one’s lack of culpability for foreseeable negative outcomes.

derived from the acronym cya, which stands for “cover your -ss” — common parlance in the american workplace, used when warning co-workers to protect themselves with adequate, blame-deflecting doc-mentation.
joe is thankful to the legal department for refining his skills at inserting stealth qualifiers (such as: “can,” “may” and “helps to … “) to enhance the cya-ishness of his written materials.
one’s lack of culpability for foreseeable negative outcomes.

derived from the acronym cya, which stands for “cover your -ss” — common parlance in the american workplace, used when warning co-workers to protect themselves with adequate, blame-deflecting doc-mentation.
joe is thankful to the legal department for refining his skills at inserting stealth qualifiers (such as: “can,” “may” and “helps to …”) to enhance the cya-ishness of his written materials.

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