New Office Words for 2006

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shakennotstirredBeach FanaticPittsburgh, PA1,287 postsJoined Jan 5, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Feb 21, '06 · 11:29 AM1,087

My guess is that there are a few Mouse Potatoes on the Board. ;-)

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

2. SEAGULL MANAGER : A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

3. ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.

4. SALMON DAY : The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.

5. CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles

6. 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.

7. MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

8. SITCOMs : Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

9. STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

10. SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

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

12. IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The J-Lo and Ben wedding (or not) was a prime example - Michael Jackson, another...

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

14. 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.

15. 404: Someone who's clueless. >From the World Wide Web error Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be located.

16. GENERICA : Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.

17. OHNOSECOND : That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake)

18. WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks.

19. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.

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RiverOtter RiverOtter avatar

RiverOttergot any pics?Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States11,444 postsJoined Nov 15, '04View profile Messagegot any pics?

Feb 21, '06 · 11:37 AM#2

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My guess is that there are a few Mouse Potatoes on the Board. ;-)

2. SEAGULL MANAGER : A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

4. SALMON DAY : The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.

LMA(Otter)AO!!!!!!

Rita

Ritamargarita brocoliaDune Allen Beach5,207 postsJoined Dec 1, '04View profile Messagemargarita brocolia

Feb 21, '06 · 11:58 AM#3

:floor: These are really good!

How about:

2. SEAGULL "POSTER" : A poster, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

Ocean Lover Ocean Lover avatar

Ocean LoverbeanBuckeye Country9,491 postsJoined Apr 16, '05View profile Messagebean

Feb 21, '06 · 12:11 PM#4

7. MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

I can relate. :rolling:

RudyjohnRudyjohnSoWal InsiderChicago Area7,736 postsJoined Feb 10, '05View profile MessageSoWal Insider

Feb 21, '06 · 12:36 PM#5

These are great!

kathydwells kathydwells avatar

kathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nicknameLacey's Spring, Alabama13,303 postsJoined Dec 20, '04View profile MessageDarlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Feb 21, '06 · 1:11 PM#6

Some of these have my name written all over them. 😀

MermaidMermaidpicky7,871 postsJoined Aug 11, '05View profile Messagepicky

Feb 21, '06 · 1:19 PM#7

I'm a SITCOM hoping to morph into a WOOF one of these days. ;-)

melissa

melissaBeach Lovermuch too far from Grayton151 postsJoined Jun 15, '05View profile MessageBeach Lover

Feb 21, '06 · 1:23 PM#8

2. SEAGULL MANAGER : A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

It's funny how this describes exactly what happenned here in the office on Friday since my manager is on vacation all this week...

:floor:

Miss Kitty Miss Kitty avatar

Miss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined Jun 10, '05View profile MessageMeow

Feb 21, '06 · 1:26 PM#9

:floor: These are really good!

How about:

2. SEAGULL "POSTER" : A poster, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

:rolling:

These were all great...thanks for letting us in on the new lingo...I was 404!!!

Gypsea

GypseaBeach FanaticPittsburgh, PA; Watercolor1,497 postsJoined Jul 10, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Feb 21, '06 · 1:29 PM#10

Love 'em :lolabove:

dbuck

dbuckBeach FanaticKY3,966 postsJoined Jun 2, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Feb 21, '06 · 1:59 PM#11

17. OHNOSECOND : That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake)

I have alot of these lately (such as hitting submit button twice) OH NO!😱

Amp22Amp22Beach Fanatic287 postsJoined Jan 11, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Feb 21, '06 · 2:21 PM#12

Saw this one in Wired and thought of all you guys:

Screensucking - when you log on to the internet to do one task and 3 hours later you're still on doing other things.

Miss Kitty Miss Kitty avatar

Miss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined Jun 10, '05View profile MessageMeow

Feb 21, '06 · 2:59 PM#13

Saw this one in Wired and thought of all you guys:

Screensucking - when you log on to the internet to do one task and 3 hours later you're still on doing other things.

:lolabove: ...and you forget what it was you logged on to do!!!

Allifunn

AllifunnFunnChef - AlisonCooks.comSt Petersburg13,635 postsJoined Jan 11, '06View profile MessageFunnChef - AlisonCooks.com

Feb 21, '06 · 5:54 PM#14

:clap_1: these are great!! :floor: :floor:

Teresa

TeresaSoWal GuideSouth Walton, FL30,980 postsJoined Nov 15, '04View profile MessageSoWal Guide

Feb 21, '06 · 6:11 PM#15

crop dusting :lolabove:

Kimmifunn

KimmifunnFunnkaliciousHollyhood9,699 postsJoined Jun 27, '05View profile MessageFunnkalicious

Feb 21, '06 · 6:22 PM#16

My guess is that there are a few Mouse Potatoes on the Board. ;-)

5. CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles This is true for me. I like to call my cube the "pig pen" since it's always a wreck.

6. 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.We do this all day. Heck...we're publicists...we scream.

7. MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.I have done nothing at work 3 out of 5 days every week since vaca. Today was an exception though.

8. SITCOMs : Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

9. STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.My manager.

10. SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.Yes. This is me too. And probably why I never have money.

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

12. IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The J-Lo and Ben wedding (or not) was a prime example - Michael Jackson, another...I live for this. I thrive on it.

13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.Yes. I slam my sidekick daily. And smack my mouse.

14. 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.

15. 404: Someone who's clueless. >From the World Wide Web error Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be located.We call these Bippys.

17. OHNOSECOND : That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake)Haven't had one in a while...but due for one. Had em at the old job daily. But I worked for a psycho.

18. WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks.The fossils that have been with the company for way too long that have built up to mke way too much money?

19. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm. I just toot in my cube and warn people not to come too close.