Basement Betty

Basement Betty
 n.— «The proliferation of PCs and low end accounting/tax software—not to mention “Basement Betty/Bob”—during the past 13 years has made it increasingly difficult to compete (profitably) for monthly bookkeeping assignments, year ends, and tax returns.» —“Virtual Accounting Firm a Reality?” by Ric Foxall Usenet: biz.comp.accounting Sept. 22, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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