That's the magic number. Don't dip below it for any length of time or they will impose the habitual daytrader rule again.
For most brokers if you're under 25K you aren't allowed more than 3 in and out day trades in a 5 business day period.
"Sort of" is such a harmless thing to say. "Sort of". It's just a filler. "Sort of" - It doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, "sort of" means everything. Like after "I love you" or "You're going to live" or "It's a boy".