Generation X lingo....nyuk, nyuk

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In an effort to narrow the generation gap and keep current with the
latest linquistic trends, I pass these along as a public service
announcement.

GENERATION X AND THEIR OFFICE LINGO
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Blamestorming - sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline
was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.

Cube farm - an office filled with cubicles.

Prairie dogging - something loud happens in a cube farm, and people's
heads pop up over the walls to see what's going  on.

Idea hamsters - people who always seem to have their idea generators
running .

Mouse potato - the on-line generation's answer to the couch potato.

Ohnosecond - that minuscule fraction of time in which you realize
you've just made a big mistake.

SITCOM - stands for Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.

Stress puppy - a person who thrives on being stressed-out and whiny.

Tourists - those who take training classes just to take a vacation
from their jobs -- "We had three serious students in the class; the
rest were tourists."

Chainsaw consultant - an outside expert brought in to reduce the
employee headcount, leaving the top brass with clean hands

404 - someone who is clueless, from the World Wide Web error message
"404 Not Found", meaning the requested document couldn't be located --
Don't bother asking him, he's 404.

Elvis year - the peak year of something's popularity --Barney the
dinosaur's Elvis year was 1993.


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