Moogie
01-10-2003, 12:48 AM
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 meant to
solve.
ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and
advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was
missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a CUBE FARM, then
enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust that leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING.
CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.
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 no
matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and
subdivisions.
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.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've
just made a BIG mistake.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an
electronic device to get it to work again.
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.
SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only
to get screwed and die in the end.
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on
everything, and then leaves.
SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, One Mortgage. What yuppies turn into
when they have children and one 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.
WOOFS: Well Off Older Folks.
XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often
profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were meant to
solve.
ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and
advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was
missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a CUBE FARM, then
enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust that leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING.
CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.
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 no
matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and
subdivisions.
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.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've
just made a BIG mistake.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an
electronic device to get it to work again.
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.
SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only
to get screwed and die in the end.
SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on
everything, and then leaves.
SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, One Mortgage. What yuppies turn into
when they have children and one 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.
WOOFS: Well Off Older Folks.
XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.