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Sandy73
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New Words For 2004
BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group,
discussing why a deadline was missed or a project
failed, and who was responsible.
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a
lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to
absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the
boss rather than working hard.
SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire
day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in
the end.
CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.
PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops
something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads
pop up over the walls to see what's going on.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's
answer to the couch potato.
SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive
Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have
children and one of them stops working to stay home
with the kids.
STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on
being stressed out and whiny
SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been
rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn
away from extensive use.
XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free
photocopies from one's workplace.
IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles
that are annoying but you find yourself unable to
stop watching them. The Anna Nicole show is a prime
example.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking
the crap out of an electronic device to get it to
work again.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide
Web error message "404 Not Found, " meaning that the
requested document could not be located.
GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that
are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as
fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in
which you realize that you've just made a BIG
mistake.
WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.
CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while
passing thru a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds
of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING
BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group,
discussing why a deadline was missed or a project
failed, and who was responsible.
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a
lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to
absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the
boss rather than working hard.
SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire
day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in
the end.
CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.
PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops
something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads
pop up over the walls to see what's going on.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's
answer to the couch potato.
SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive
Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have
children and one of them stops working to stay home
with the kids.
STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on
being stressed out and whiny
SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been
rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn
away from extensive use.
XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free
photocopies from one's workplace.
IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles
that are annoying but you find yourself unable to
stop watching them. The Anna Nicole show is a prime
example.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking
the crap out of an electronic device to get it to
work again.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide
Web error message "404 Not Found, " meaning that the
requested document could not be located.
GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that
are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as
fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in
which you realize that you've just made a BIG
mistake.
WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.
CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while
passing thru a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds
of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING
