Thursday, March 31, 2005
New Office Slang
404 - Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, “404 Not Found,” which means the document requested couldn’t be located. “Don’t bother asking John. He’s 404.”
Cobweb - A WWW site that is never updated.
Dead Tree Edition - The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms.
Generica - Fast food joints, strip malls, sub-divisions as in “we were so lost in generica that I couldn’t remember what city it was”
GOOD job - A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people take in order to pay off their debts, one that they will quit as soon as they are solvent again.
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UPDATE: September 25, 2005 11:42 pm
Although this was originally sourced from an email (no author mentioned), several readers have commented that much of this was originally in Wired Magazine.
If someone would be so kind as to point me to a link, I could credit them (I couldn't find any comprehensive post at Wired.com).
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Comments
thanks for wasting my time, fucker. get some real slang that isn't so esoteric and nerdy. kthxbi.
btw switch the words in your site's name; at the moment it misrepresents the relative content levels.
Posted by: momo | Sep 25, 2005 5:51:02 AM
I disagree and somehow this post bridges my sentiments exactly - so how about a new definition to pull it all together for momo
??gutterstumped?? - the inertia that exists within the alpha geek or idea hamsters synaptic grasp that usually precursors coppin a brain-fart. Can also be defined as lil-ganglia link-rot, but should not be confused with the glazing on your el locol dohnut.
the morejority of treeware states that too much gutterstump often leads plug'n'play eggheads to complete cycles of salmon days bakeoff and usually results in a flurry of blamestorming before the inevitable uninstall.
soyo, i think it's totally sick, dawg ;)
Posted by: skirt.justice | Sep 25, 2005 7:54:52 AM
'Monkey zero, Football four': sfw language used to describe someone failing misreably at a task. ALSO: 'Looked like a monkey f*cking a football.'
Posted by: mONKEYmONKEYmONKEY | Sep 25, 2005 12:01:16 PM
Those were pretty funny. I got a good chuckle out of: Ohnosecond and Beepilepsy.
Posted by: davo | Sep 25, 2005 12:05:17 PM
Most, if not all of this comes from Wired Magazine. Perhaps you'd like to mention that.
Posted by: capt squash | Sep 25, 2005 12:41:54 PM
Where did you get this stuff? Did you make it up?
99% of these sayings are never used!
Posted by: Eric | Sep 25, 2005 1:10:33 PM
brain fart: when a person, sometimes in mid-sentence, totally loses track of what they were explaining, also related to when someone has the answer somewhere in there head, but completely forgot.
Posted by: free | Sep 25, 2005 10:43:14 PM
Cool site... first time here... so allow me to apologize in advance for being a bit cranky... but...
Capt Squash and Aaron are correct... this stuff has been appearing in Wired for some time, and sources should be acknowledged. Google "jargon watch." Please give credit where credit is due. Wired didn't coin these terms, but they have "collected" and published them previously (and perhaps originally).
And this is obsolete... "brain fart: when a person, sometimes in mid-sentence, totally loses track of what they were explaining, also related to when someone has the answer somewhere in there head, but completely forgot."
Although you'll find support for the "short circuit" definition on the web, the following is the more current meaning:
Brain Fart:
A byproduct of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft story, but could you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?" Variation of old hacker slang that had more negative connotations.
Oh... "...somewhere in there head..." It's "their." Learn the difference between "their," "there," and "they're."
"There are the idiots." "Their IQs are low." "They're stupid."
Apparently, we're experiencing a fairly high bozon count. Sheesh.
Posted by: RixMax | Sep 25, 2005 11:55:26 PM
I'm not sure Wired collects them all in one place... but here's an entry from some years back:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,1534,00.html
This page hasn't been updated in a while, but Dave Tubbs has many of these terms collected here:
http://www.xmission.com/~dtubbs/jargon/jw.html
Cheers!
Posted by: RixMax | Sep 26, 2005 8:11:25 AM
How bout PICNIC? Problem in Chair, Not in Computer....your A typical computer blamer
Posted by: Spark | Sep 26, 2005 11:51:18 AM
DINKs
Dual Income with No Kids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dink
Posted by: hswerdfe | Sep 26, 2005 4:56:33 PM
Nit picky responses piss me off. How do you source and attribute slang? And do you dorks send the same complaint to Wired?
And nitpicking online typos? Very 20th century! This is a blog, not a frickin dissertation.
(SP?)
Posted by: Stan | Sep 26, 2005 5:44:57 PM
One we use a fair bit where I work:
PIBCAK: Problem Is Between Chair And Keyboard
(Meaning, it wasn't a problem with the software.)
BTW, I saw some of these about 15 years ago, and it wasn't in Wired. Those guys get email like the rest of us...
Posted by: anon | Sep 27, 2005 7:30:48 AM
I remember getting this same exact email 10 years ago, except for one thing. It was Yuppie Foodstamp instead of Yuppie Food Coupon (I have been the using the former since). This list has been pretty well circulated before and since then.
Posted by: Patrick | Sep 27, 2005 9:21:50 AM
WAD: works as designed. "The software vendor told me it's not a defect...it's a WAD"
Posted by: coral | Sep 27, 2005 10:18:25 AM
I think the someone had to dig long and hard into archives that are a decade old to find this list.
Chip jewelry? Cobweb? Never heard of 99% of these phrases and most people would be caught dead before using some of this outdated "slang."
Posted by: eej | Sep 27, 2005 11:36:52 AM
Uh, guys? Get a life. It's just a harmless giggle.
:: sheesh ::
Posted by: sean | Sep 27, 2005 12:52:50 PM
While you can't credit the source of slang very well, as it sort of grows of its own accord, the dictionary references used here (about 75%) came with verbatim descriptions from Wired. It is those entries that probably should be cited.
In 1998, one of the issues came with a little booklet with a majority of these in them, compiled. I used to carry it with me to amuse people. My favorite was "Salmon Day," which I use(d) as my screen name, my email, and my attempt at a webcomic over four years ago.
I can tell you which of these appeared in that booklet if anyone cares.
Posted by: Salmon Day | Sep 27, 2005 10:48:56 PM
How about CRIS: Cranial Rectal Insertion Syndrome - refers to someone whose head is stuck up their own @ss
Posted by: rich | Sep 28, 2005 10:22:42 AM
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