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- Assmosis - The process
by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to
the boss rather than working hard.
- Crapplet - A badly
written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes
downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- Dancing Baloney -
Little animated GIFs and other Web F/X that are useless and serve simply to
impress clients. "This page is kinda dull. Maybe a little dancing baloney
will help."
- 404 - Someone who's
clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found,"
meaning that the requested document could not be located. "Don't bother
asking him . . . he's 404, man."
- 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.
- Midair Passenger
Exchange - Grim air-traffic-controller-speak for a head-on collision.
Midair passenger exchanges are quickly followed by "aluminum rain."
- Percussive Maintenance
- The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to
work again.
- Seagull Manager - A
manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, defecates over everything and then
leaves.
- Uninstalled -
Euphemism for being fired. Heard on the voicemail of a vice president at a
downsizing computer firm: "You have reached the number of an uninstalled
vice president. Please dial our main number and ask the operator for
assistance." See also Decruitment.
- Yuppie Food Stamps -
The ubiquitous $20 bills spewed out of ATMs everywhere. Often used when trying
to split the bill after a meal: "We all owe $8 each, but all anybody's got
is yuppie food stamps."
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