FICO Score

Your credit score or credit rating. Remember the '80s hit, "I feel like a number"? Yeah, this is where it came from. (Sorta.)

It's called a FICO score because it's created by a company that used to be called Fair Isaac Corporation. Your particular score is a number between 300 and 850 that gives would-be creditors an instant snapshot of how well you handle debt and, well, money in general. The higher your number, the better you are at paying off loans and paying bills on time. If you apply for a job, try to get an apartment, or apply for a loan, people are going to be looking at your FICO score to decide your credit worthiness.

Wayne's World: "I'm not worthy." If you don't get the reference, Netflix it and chill next time you dunno what to do with a lonely Saturday night.

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