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Technology Inspired Lingo


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Blamestorming, Mouse Potato and Swipeouts - Technology Inspired Lingo
Technology Inspired Lingo
Published: May 18, 07
Comments: 2
Views: 2,829

Technology is changing everything including our very language and the way that we speak. It’s responsible for the creation and use of new terms and new words. And if you don’t want to appear out of touch, you definite need to be hip with the jargon. In fact, some ‘slang’ terminology becomes so mainstream that anyone would be lost without some of these terms.

Here are a few of the latest:

“1. BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible. 
2. MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
3. SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
4. 404: Someone who’s clueless. and last but not least 5. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.”

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. (pacificviews.org)

References:  pacificviews.org

Filed In:  bizarre jargon pop culture unique








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LuvArien on May 19, 07  0 Trends   1 Comments
hehe this one's funny...esp for an engg like me. BTW 404 comes out from the internet error "Page not found"
LuvArien on May 19, 07  0 Trends   1 Comments 0
I willl be there on Jun 1, 07  0 Trends   10 Comments
That's funny and really "on the wave"
I willl be there on Jun 1, 07  0 Trends   10 Comments 0

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