August 30, 2002, 19:58
MorganNew words for 2002
Well...they may not be real words, but they should be!
Essential additions for the workplace vocabulary:
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.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message"404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the s**t out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
Have any more?
August 31, 2002, 18:09
AngelCUBE 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.
XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.