Terminology.
> >>
>> >> > New words for 2005 Work-place vocabulary
>> >> >
>> >> > TESTICULATING Waving your arms around and talking ********.
>> >> >
>> >> > 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.
>> >> >
>> >> > ASSMOSIS. The process by which people seem to absorb success and
>> >> > advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.
>> >> >
>> >> > SALMON DAY. The experience of spending an entire day swimming
>>upstream
>> >> > only to get screwed and die.
>> >> >
>> >> > CUBE 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 that's
>> >> > going
>>on.
>> >> > (This also applies to applause from a promotion because there
>> >> > may be
>> >> > cake.)
>> >> >
>> >> > MOUSE POTATO.The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch
>>potato
>> >> >
>> >> > SITCOMs. 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 or start a "home business".
>> >> >
>> >> > STRESS PUPPY. A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out
>> >> > and whiny.
>> >> >
>> >> > PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE. The fine art of whacking the crap out of
>> >> > an electronic device to get it to work again.
>> >> >
>> >> > ADMINISPHERE. The rarefied organisational 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
>> >> > designed to solve. This is often affiliated with the dreaded
>> >> > "administrivia" - needless paperwork and processes.
>> >> >
>> >> > 404. Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error
>> >> > message
>>"404
>> >> > Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be
>>located.
>> >> >
>> >> > OHNOSECOND That minuscule fraction of time in which you realise
>> >> > that you've just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply
>> >> > all') - New Oxford Dictionary definitions
>> >> >
>> >> > GOING FOR A McSHIT Entering a fast food restaurant with no
>> >> > intention
>>of
>> >> > buying food, you're just going to the bog. If challenged by a
>> >> > pimply staff member, your declaration to them that you'll buy
>> >> > their food afterwards is known as a McShit with Lies.
>> >> >
>> >> > AUSSIE KISS Similar to a French Kiss, but given down under.
>> >> >
>> >> > BEER COAT The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home
>> >> > after a booze cruise at 3am in the morning.
>> >> >
>> >> > BEER COMPASS The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival
>>home
>> >> > after booze cruise, even though you're too drunk to remember
>> >> > where
>>you
>> >> > live, how you got here, and where you've come from.
>> >> >
>> >> > BOBFOC Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch.
>> >> >
>> >> > BREAKING THE SEAL Your first pee in the pub, usually after 2
>> >> > hours
>>of
>> >> > drinking. After breaking the seal of your bladder, repeat visits
>> >> > to
>>the
>> >> > toilet will be required every 10 or 15 minutes for the rest of
>> >> > the night.
>> >> >
>> >> > GREYHOUND A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.
>> >> >
>> >> > JOHNNY-NO-STARS A young man of substandard intelligence, the
>> >> > typical adolescent who works in a burger restaurant. The
>> >> > 'no-stars' comes
>>from
>> >> > the badges displaying stars that staff at fast-food restaurants
>>often
>> >> > wear to show their level of training.
>> >> >
>> >> > MILLENNIUM DOMES The contents of a Wonderbra, i.e. extremely
>>impressive
>> >> > when viewed from the outside, but there's actually nought in
>> >> > there
>> >>worth
>> >> > seeing.
>> >> >
>> >> > MONKEY BATH A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you
>> >> > go:
>>"Oo!
>> >> > Oo! Ho! Aa!Aa!Aa!".
>> >> >
>> >> > MYSTERY BUS The bus that arrives at the pub on Friday night
>> >> > while
>> >>you're
>> >> > in the toilet after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the
>> >>unattractive
>> >> > people so the pub is suddenly packed with stunners when you come
>>back
>> >> > in.
>> >> >
>> >> > MYSTERY TAXI The taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday
>> >> > morning before you wake up, whisks away the stunner you slept
>> >> > with, and
>>leaves
>> >>a
>> >> > 10-Pinter in your bed instead.
>> >> >
>> >> > SALAD DODGER An excellent phrase for an overweight person