New Workplace Slangs One Has to Know

Posted by futari on 2007/3/19 0:35:42

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. CUBE FARM:
>> An office filled with cubicles.

4. 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.

5. SITCOM:
>> Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage ==> situations yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

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

7. 404:
>> Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found", meaning that requested site could not be located.

8. 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).

9. WOOFS:
>> Well-Off Older Folks.