BUZZWORDS for 2001…

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.
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.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE:
The fine art of whacking the heck out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
VULCAN NERVE PINCH:
The taxing hand position required to reach all the appropriate keys for certain commands. For instance, the arm reboot for a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the Control Key, the Command Key, the Return Key, and the Power On Key.
GENERICA:
Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions.
OHNOSECOND:
That miniscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've made a BIG mistake.
WOOFYS:
Well Off Older Folks.
via eMail, Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:12:33 -0700