Webster dictionary update
Mannheim 80
02-03-2005, 01:46 AM
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 people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.
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 or "start a home business".
STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
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. This is often affiliated with the dreaded "administrivia" - needless paperwork and processes.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply all').
PRAIRIE DOGGING: heads popping up from cubicles
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything and then leaves.
ASSMOSIS: The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.
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 or "start a home business".
STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
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. This is often affiliated with the dreaded "administrivia" - needless paperwork and processes.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply all').
PRAIRIE DOGGING: heads popping up from cubicles
crayzayjay
02-03-2005, 04:45 AM
Nice :lol:
Damien
02-03-2005, 08:00 AM
PRAIRIE DOGGING...
I heard different in Rat Race :lol2:
I heard different in Rat Race :lol2:
2Slow4U_Noob
02-03-2005, 11:30 AM
PRAIRIE DOGGING...
I heard different in Rat Race :lol2:
haha thats what i was thinking. Seagull Manager is excellent!
I heard different in Rat Race :lol2:
haha thats what i was thinking. Seagull Manager is excellent!
clawhammer
02-03-2005, 11:34 AM
Are those seriously addedd to the dictionary, or someone just made these up>
karmacae
02-03-2005, 11:41 AM
thoes are pretty damb funny
twospirits
02-03-2005, 02:18 PM
Real funny terms, never heard them before.
Second Generation Mouse Potatoe signing out :)
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