1. blamestorming: A group process where participants analyze a failed process and look for scapegoats other than themselves.
2. Death by Tweakage: When a product or project fails due to unnecessary tinkering or last-minute revisions.
3. BMWs: Bitchers, Moaners, and Whiners.
4. clockroaches: Employees who spend most of their day watching the clock instead of doing their jobs.
5. plutoed: To be unceremoniously dumped or relegated to a lower position without an adequate reason or explanation.
6. prairie dogging: A modern office phenomenon. Occurs when worker simultaneously pop their heads up out of their cubicles to see what's going on.
7. carbon-based error: Error caused by a human, not a computer (which we assume would be a silicon-based error).
8. menoporsche: Male menopause. Symptoms include a sudden lack of energy, crankiness, and an overpowering urge to buy a Porsche.
9. adminisphere: The upper levels of management where big, impractical, and counterproductive decisions are made.
10. deja' poo: The feeling you've stepped in this bull before.
11. bobbleheading: The mass nod of agreement by participants in a meeting to comments made by the boss, even though most have no idea what he/she said.
12. ringtone rage: The violent response by cubemates after hearing your annoying cell phone ringtone for the umpteenth time.
13. muffin top: The unsightly roll of flesh that spills over the waist of a pair of too tight pants.
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