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Falchoon
04-29-04, 11:34 PM
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.

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.

CROP DUSTING:Surreptitiously passing wind while walking thru a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIEDOGGING.

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 whiney.

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.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking an electronic device to get it to work again.**

WOOFYS:Well Off Older Folks.

iamlucky13
04-30-04, 08:58 PM
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking an electronic device to get it to work again.**



Excellent!

One of my coworkers and I were actually spent some time trying to think of a really good technical name for that method. We came up with something like "Inertially based internal rearrangement method" or something like that. I think it really does need it's own jargon word, since so many industries rely on it.