Where do you say you work? I’ve met a few linguist who said they work for the FBI or whoever but they were contractors on an as needed basis. What do the folks

Where do you say you work? I’ve met a few linguist who said they work for the FBI or whoever but they were contractors on an as needed basis. What do the folks in Virginia say to their neighbors? “Oh I work for the DOD. So your a spy right haha?”