Generation X Office Lingo

Blamestorming

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.

Cube Farm

An office filled with cubicles.

Ego Surfing

Scanning the Net, databases, print media and so on, looking for references to one's own name.

Elvis Year

The peak year of something's or someone's popularity. "Barney the Dinosaur's Elvis year was 1993."

404

Someone who's clueless.  "Don't  bother asking him; he's 404."  From the WWW error message "404 Not Found"

Idea Hamsters

People who always seem to have their idea generators running.

Keyboard Plaque 

The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards.

Mouse Potato 

The online, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

Ohnosecond 

That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a big mistake.

Perot

To quit unexpectedly, as in "My cellular phone just perot'ed."

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

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."

Squirt the Bird

To transmit a signal to a satellite.

Starter Marriage

A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets.

Stress Puppy

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

Swiped Out

An ATM or credit card that has been rendered 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. 

Treeware

Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.

Uninstalled

Euphemism for being fired.

Xerox Subsidy

Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace. 

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