NEW CORPORATE BUZZ WORDS
* BLAMESTORMING:
Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
* BODY NAZIS:
Hard-core exercise and weight-lifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn't work out obsessively.
Hard-core exercise and weight-lifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn't work out obsessively.
* SEAGULL MANAGER:
A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, and then leaves.
A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, and then leaves.
* CHAINSAW CONSULTANT:
An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee headcount, leaving the top brass with clean hands.
An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee headcount, leaving the top brass with clean hands.
* CUBE FARM:
An office filled with cubicles.
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.
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.
* SITCOMs:
What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids. Stands for 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. Stands for Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
* STARTER MARRIAGE:
A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property, and no regrets.
A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property, and no regrets.
* TOURISTS:
People who take training classes just to get a vacation from their jobs. "We had three serious students in class; the rest were just tourists."
People who take training classes just to get a vacation from their jobs. "We had three serious students in class; the rest were just tourists."
* TREEWARE:
Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.
Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.
* XEROX SUBSIDY:
Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
* ALPHA GEEK:
The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group.
The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group.
* ASSMOSIS:
The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
* 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.
The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
* 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 attacking an electronic device to get it to work again.
The fine art of attacking an electronic device to get it to work again.
* VULCAN NERVE PINCH:
The taxing hand positions required to reach all the appropriate keys for commands. For instance, the warm re-boot for a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the Control Key, the Command key, the Return key and the Power On key.
