Fwd: New Words - More humor -Reply

 <<New Words for the 90's
 > >
 > >  Alpha Geek--   The most knowledgeable, technically proficient
person
 > > in an office or work group. "Ask Larry, he's the alpha geek around
 > > here."
 > >
 > >  Blamestorming--  Sitting around in a group discussing why a
 > > deadline  was missed  or a project failed, and who was responsible
 > >
 > >  Body Nazis--   Hard-core exercise and weight-lifting fanatics who
look
 > > down on  anyone who doesn't work out obsessively
 > >
 > > Chainsaw Consultant--  An outside expert brought in to reduce the
 > > employee  headcount, leaving the top brass with clean hands.
 > >
 > > Chips and Salsa ---     Chips = Hardware; Salsa = Sofware.  "Well,
first
 >
 > > we gotta figure out if the problem is in your chips or your salsa."
 > >
 > > Cube Farm--    An office filled with cubicles.
 > >
 > >  Ego Surfing--  Scanning the Net, databases, print media and so on,
 > > looking for references to one's own name
 > >
 > >  Elvis Year--   The peak year of something's or someone's popularity.
 > > "Barney the Dinosaur's Elvis year was 1993."
 > >
 > >  Flight Risk--  Used to describe employees who are suspected of
 > > planning to leave a company or department soon.
 > >
 > >  404--  Someone who's clueless.  "Don't bother asking him; he's
404."
 > > For the WWW error message "404 Not Found" meaning the
requested document
 > couldn't be located.
 > >
 > >  Going Postal--- Euphemism for being totally stressed out, for losing
 > it.
 > > Makes reference to the unfortunate track record of postal
employees who
 > > have snapped and gone on shooting rampages.
 > >
 > >  GOOD Job--   A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people
take
 > > in order to pay off their debts, one that they will quit as soon as they
 > are
 > > solvent again.
 > >
 > >  Idea Hamsters--   People who always seem to have their idea
 > > generators running.
 > >
 > >  Irritainment-- Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying,
 > > but  you find yourself unable to stop watching them.  Prime example:
 > the O.J.
 > > trials on CNN.
 > >
 > >  Keyboard Plaque--  The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on
 > > computer keyboards.
 > >
 > >  Mouse Potato-- The online, wired generation's answer to the couch
 > > potato.
 > >
 > >  Ohnosecond--   That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize
 > > that you've just made a big mistake.
 > >
 > >  Percussive Maintenance--    The fine art of whacking the crap out
of
 > > an electronic  device to get it to work again.
 > >
 > >  Perot ---    To quit unexpectedly, as in "My cellular phone just
 > perot'ed."
 > >
 > >  Prairie Dogging--      When someone yells or drops something loudly
in
 > > a cube farm, and people'sheads pop up over the walls to see what's
going
 > on.
 > >
 > >  Seagull Manager--    A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise,
 > defecates over
 > >  everything and then leaves.
 > >
 > >  SITCOMs--      What yuppies turn into when they have children and
one
 > > of them stops working to stay home with the kids.  It stands for
Single
 > Income, Two
 > > Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
 > >
 > >  Squirt the Bird--  To transmit a signal to a satellite.
 > >
 > >  Starter Marriage--     A short-lived first marriage that ends in
 > > divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets.
 > >
 > >  Stress Puppy-- A person who seems to thrive on being stressed
out and
 > whiny.
 > >
 > >  Swiped Out--   An ATM or credit card that has been rendered
useless
 > > because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
 > >
 > >  Tourists--     People who take training classes just to get a vacation
 > from their
 > >  jobs.  "We had three serious students in the class; the rest were
just
 > tourists."
 > >
 > >  Treeware--  Hacker slang for documentation or other printed
material.
 > >
 > >  Uninstalled--  Euphemism for being fired. Heard on the voicemail of a
 > > vice president at a downsizing computer firm: "You have reached
the
 > > number of an uninstalled vice president.  Please dial our main number
 > > and ask the operator for assistance."  See also Decruitment.
 > >
 > >  Vulcan Nerve Pinch--   The taxing hand position required to reach all
 > > the appropriate keys for certain commands.  For instance, the warm
 > > re-boot for a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the
 > > Control key, the Command key, the Return key and the Power On
key.
 > >
 > >  Xerox Subsidy--     Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from
 > > one's workplace.
 > >
 > >  Yuppie Food Stamps--   The ubiquitous $20 bills spewed out of
ATMs
 > > everywhere.  Often used when trying to split the bill after a meal: 
"We
 > all owe
 > > $8 each, but all anybody's got is yuppie food stamps."
 > >
 > >
 
 
 
 
 >>
 
 



 

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