The new office slang...
OFB messed around on the web and found some rather interesting office slang...We read through the list and posted the good ones.So stretch the eyes and get with the office lingo....
404 - Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, “404 Not Found,” which means the document requested couldn’t be located. “Don’t bother asking John. He’s 404.”
Alpha Geek - The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group. “I dunno, ask Rick. He’s our alpha geek.”
Assmosis - The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
Blamestorming - A group discussion of why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.
Blowing Your Buffer - Losing one’s train of thought. Occurs when the person you are speaking with won’t let you get a word in edgewise or has just said something so astonishing that your train gets derailed. “Damn, I just blew my buffer!” (Synonym: “Head Crash”)
Body Nazis - Hard-core exercise and weight-lifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn’t work out obsessively.
CROP DUSTING - Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING.....
Egosurfing - Scanning the Net, databases, etc., for one’s own name.
Flight Risk - Used to describe employees who are suspected of planning to leave a company or department soon.
GOOD job - A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people take in order to pay off their debts, one that they will quit as soon as they are solvent again.
Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
Plug-and-Play - A new hire who doesn’t require training. “That new guy is totally plug-and-play.”
Salmon Day - The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed in the end. “God, today was a total salmon day!”
Seagull Manager - A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, shits over everything and then leaves.
Starter Marriage - A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets.
Tourists - Those who take training classes just to take a vacation from their jobs. “There were only three serious students in the class; the rest were just tourists.”
Umfriend - One with whom one has a sexual relationship; as in, “this is Dale, my...um...friend.”
Uninstalled - Euphemism for being fired. Also: decruitment.
World Wide Wait - The real meaning of WWW.
Yuppie Food Coupons - Twenty dollar bills from an ATM.
Get the rest of the office slang here
OFB messed around on the web and found some rather interesting office slang...We read through the list and posted the good ones.So stretch the eyes and get with the office lingo....
404 - Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, “404 Not Found,” which means the document requested couldn’t be located. “Don’t bother asking John. He’s 404.”
Alpha Geek - The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group. “I dunno, ask Rick. He’s our alpha geek.”
Assmosis - The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
Blamestorming - A group discussion of why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.
Blowing Your Buffer - Losing one’s train of thought. Occurs when the person you are speaking with won’t let you get a word in edgewise or has just said something so astonishing that your train gets derailed. “Damn, I just blew my buffer!” (Synonym: “Head Crash”)
Body Nazis - Hard-core exercise and weight-lifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn’t work out obsessively.
CROP DUSTING - Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING.....
Egosurfing - Scanning the Net, databases, etc., for one’s own name.
Flight Risk - Used to describe employees who are suspected of planning to leave a company or department soon.
GOOD job - A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people take in order to pay off their debts, one that they will quit as soon as they are solvent again.
Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
Plug-and-Play - A new hire who doesn’t require training. “That new guy is totally plug-and-play.”
Salmon Day - The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed in the end. “God, today was a total salmon day!”
Seagull Manager - A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, shits over everything and then leaves.
Starter Marriage - A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets.
Tourists - Those who take training classes just to take a vacation from their jobs. “There were only three serious students in the class; the rest were just tourists.”
Umfriend - One with whom one has a sexual relationship; as in, “this is Dale, my...um...friend.”
Uninstalled - Euphemism for being fired. Also: decruitment.
World Wide Wait - The real meaning of WWW.
Yuppie Food Coupons - Twenty dollar bills from an ATM.
Get the rest of the office slang here
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