10/01/01

BUZZWORDS of 2001

BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a
deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was
responsible.

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.

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.

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. Bill Clinton's
shameful video Grand Jury testimony is another.

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

OHNOSECOND: That miniscule fraction of time in which you
realize that you've made a BIG mistake.

WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.