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New words to add to your office vocabulary
« on: July 21, 2008, 04:15:46 PM »

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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Re: New words to add to your office vocabulary
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 09:21:10 AM »

Thanks!  Spreading this one around's gonna get my a$$ fired!  I guess when I start lobbing these grenades I'll just blame the Marines!  LOL!  Right before I get Plutoed...  :confused5:

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