- A Royal Flush: a press box, concession stand, and public toilets
- Public Servants: the proper behavior of New Fairfield voters
- Negative Increases: an accounting term to describe a tax or fee
- Cobbler Workbench: The Permanent Building Committee
- Money manger: where Spinocchio gets his grants
- Three Card Monty: an accounting activity
- Slight of Hand: an accounting entry, (e.g. $74,500 out of a fund balance without a town meeting).
- Fair & Balanced: a story by Paul Bruno in the Citizen News
- Blah, blah, blah: a general phase to describe the Board of Finance
And the number one phase in Spinocchio's Language Dictionary:
10. Conversion & diversion: how grants are handled
