juicy committee n.— «The Nigerian coinage, “juicy committee,” is a thinly disguised reference to the abuse of committees by legislators to demand bribes and/or contracts from the ministries, departments or agencies (MDAs) of...
rice bowl n. in the military, a jealously protected program, project, department, or budget; a fiefdom. Etymological Note: Perhaps related to the Chinese concept of the rice bowl as a metaphor for the basic elements required to live, as seen, for...
silo other. attributively silo and as an adjective siloed, kept separate from similar items, especially in the case of funds, a budget line item, a department, etc.; noun, something that is kept separate or compartmentalized; verb, to keep separate...