SQUIRT THE BIRD

To transmit a signal to a satellite.

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.

STRESS PUPPY

A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

SWIPED OUT

An ATM or credit card that has become useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

TOURISTS

People who take training classes just to get a vacation from their jobs. Example: "We had three serious students in the class; the rest were just tourists."

TREEWARE

Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.

XEROX SUBSIDY

Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.

ALPHA GEEK

The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group.

CHIPS AND SALSA

Chips = hardware, salsa = software. i.e.: "Well, first we gotta figure out if the problem's in your chips or your salsa."

DEINSTALLED

Euphemism for being fired. Heard on the voice mail of a Vice President at a downsizing computer firm: "You have reached the number of a deinstalled vice president. Dial our main number and ask the operator for assistance.

VULCAN NERVE PINCH

The taxing hand position required to reach all the appropriate keys for certain 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. Sometimes referred to as the "THREE-FINGERED SALUTE."

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 what's going on.