CFO
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- noun
- Jargon
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responsable de cultura (coloquial)
- At the company picnic, Sarah proudly introduced her new role as the CFO, responsible for organizing fun team activities.
Examples
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I beg to differ, Anthony, 'cause I'm a CFO and that's one letter higher than CEO.
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Maybe I'm... maybe I'm not CFO material, you know?
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"You're going down, 'cause you're the CFO."
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Funny that although Mr. CFO is whining about things getting "personal," he is not refuting any of the facts I presented.
Blog text (14) -
He shows up at work, where "casual Friday" garb is tearfully extended throughout the week, and volunteers are accepted for the position of CFO.
Blog text (19) -
Everyone looks forward to the weekly meetings where the CFO shares ideas for boosting office morale.
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As the team's CFO, Mark made sure that every Friday was casual dress day to lighten the atmosphere.
Surface Forms
Morphology
CFO = chief + financial + officer (semi-transparent) = C + F + O
The form is the same initialism as the formal title, but the humorous/informal sense repurposes the acronym (often playfully as 'Chief Fun Officer'), so the mapping to this sense is not directly derivable without cultural/pragmatic knowledge.
Etymology
The word CFO is also used jokingly as Chief Fun Officer, where Fun means 'enjoyment' and Officer means 'person in charge'. So, a CFO in this sense looks after team parties, morale, and office culture rather than the money.