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Title: Essential new words for 2004 Post by KenB on Jan 7th, 2004, 10:22am 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 people seem to absorb success and > >> advancement by sucking 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. > >> > >> 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. This also applies to applause from a promotion because > >> there may be cake. > >> > >> 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 or "start a home business". > >> > >> STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out > >> and whiny. > >> > >> XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's > >> workplace. > >> > >> PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an > >> electronic device to get it to work again. > >> > >> ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just > >> above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the > >> "adminisphere" are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to > >> the problems they were designed to solve. This is often affiliated > >> with the dreaded "administrivia" - needless paperwork and > >> processes. > >> > >> 404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message > >> "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be > >> located. > >> > >> OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize > >> that you've just made a BIG mistake (e.g. > >> you've hit 'reply all'). > >> > >> CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while walking through a > >> cube farm, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust; leads to > >> PRAIRIE DOGGING. |
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