yardhippie 0 #1 March 19, 2003 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 some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing 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 in the end. 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. STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny. 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. 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. 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. 404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located. GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same nomatter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions. OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #2 March 19, 2003 Some I've seen, some I haven't-All I'll use. These were good. I almost remember something from when I was much younger about odd definitions. One of the examples was the distance your coaster travels before if detaches from the bottom of your glass. Another was that split second between slamming the car door and seeing your keys hanging in the ignition. There was a name for them and I'm drawing a blank...forgive the rambling. It's nearly 7pm, I've been here at work since 5am. My wife brought me something to eat so I'm taking a short break........some days life just sucks that way.I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSkiesKel 0 #3 March 20, 2003 i think i've only heard a few of these, but they were pretty funny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #4 March 20, 2003 QuoteADMINISPHERE: 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. Administrivia - What happens in the Adminisphere. Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DYEVOUT 0 #5 March 20, 2003 You forgot one - CROP DUSTING: Casually farting while quickly walking thru a CUBE FARM. May cause PRAIRIE DOGGING, if loud enough. ----------------=8^)---------------------- "I think that was the wrong tennis court." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
