Power Words for a modern world
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 everyone-and then leaves.
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.
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.
ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb
success and
advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you
find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a
prime
example. Bill Clinton's video Grand Jury testimony is another.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the heck out of an
electronic device to get it to work again.
SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming
upstream only
to get screwed and die in the end.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error
message "404 Not
Found," meaning that the requested document could not be
located."
OHNO SECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you
realise that you've just made a really BIG mistake.
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 everyone-and then leaves.
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.
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.
ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb
success and
advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you
find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a
prime
example. Bill Clinton's video Grand Jury testimony is another.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the heck out of an
electronic device to get it to work again.
SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming
upstream only
to get screwed and die in the end.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error
message "404 Not
Found," meaning that the requested document could not be
located."
OHNO SECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you
realise that you've just made a really BIG mistake.