Blamestorming:
Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or
a project failed and who was responsible.
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 popularity -- Barney the dinosaur's
Elvis year was 1993.
404:
someone who is clueless, from the World Wide Web error message
"404 Not Found", meaning the requested document couldn't be
located -- Don't bother asking him, he's 404.
Idea Hamsters:
People who always seem to have their idea generators running.
Mouse Potato:
The on-line generation's answer to the couch potato.
Ohnosecond:
That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize you've just
made a big mistake.
Prairie Dogging:
Something loud happens in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up
over the walls to see what's going on.
SITCOM:
Stands for Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
Stress puppy:
A person who thrives on being stressed-out and whiny.
Tourists:
Those who take training classes just to take a vacation from their
jobs -- "We had three serious students in the class; the rest were
tourists."
Uninstalled:
Euphemism for being fired.
Xerox Subsidy:
Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from a workplace.
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