New vocabulary for the work place - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

absorbentishe · 09-05-2003, 07:06 AM

<B>I hope this isn't a re-post. I found this rather funny.</B>

Essential NEW WORDS FOR 2003 editions for the workplace vocabulary.

BLAME STORMING: 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 some people seem to absorb success and
advancement by kissing 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 in the end.

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.

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.

STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and
whinny

XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's
workplace.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an
electronic device to get it to work again.

ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational 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.

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 realize that
you've just made a BIG mistake.

WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.

CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a cube farm,
then
enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING

Regziever · 09-05-2003, 08:05 AM

Hehehe.. Good ones! Liked the Prarie dogging thing!

God of Thunder · 09-05-2003, 08:39 AM

SALMON DAY- never heard that one.

Oh, I've experienced many of them, just never heard the term.

tommy thompson · 09-08-2003, 07:51 PM

....one question, have you been to MY workplace? I swear, you have...this is it!

09-05-2003, 07:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	New vocabulary for the work place <B>I hope this isn't a re-post. I found this rather funny.</B> Essential NEW WORDS FOR 2003 editions for the workplace vocabulary. BLAME STORMING: 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 some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing 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 in the end. 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. 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. STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whinny XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again. ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational 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. 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 realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust; leads to PRAIRIE DOGGING

09-05-2003, 08:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Regziever Sexy eh? Location: Sweden	Hehehe.. Good ones! Liked the Prarie dogging thing! __________________ Life is shit, Death is even worse, So what's the point of killing yourself? /Ignatius Camryn Paladine

09-05-2003, 08:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
God of Thunder Talk nerdy to me Location: Flint, MI	SALMON DAY- never heard that one. Oh, I've experienced many of them, just never heard the term. __________________ I reject your reality, and substitute my own -- Adam Savage

09-08-2003, 07:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
tommy thompson Psycho	....one question, have you been to MY workplace? I swear, you have...this is it! __________________ ...a wandering soul...