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New Words for the Workplace

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Carcaroth, Nov 17, 2004.

  1. Carcaroth

    Carcaroth I call on the priests, saints and dancin' girls ★ SPS Account Holder

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    Remove all ads!
    Don't think these have been posted before, (didn't appear on a search anyway) but you may have had the email.

    Any of them ring any bells?

    BLAMESTORMING:
    Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

    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.

    MOUSE POTATO:
    The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

    SITCOMS:
    Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children
    and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

    STRESS PUPPY:
    A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiney.

    SWIPEOUT:
    An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

    IRRITAINMENT:
    Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a prime example.

    PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE:
    The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

    OHNOSECOND:
    That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake

    CROP DUSTING:
    Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a cube farm and then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust.
     
    Carcaroth, Nov 17, 2004
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  2. Arabwel

    Arabwel Screaming towards Apotheosis Veteran

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    *sniggle*

    well, I am a mouse poetato; I'vwe been saying that for years now.... :D

    And anyone daring to dcall me a stress puppy qwill gwt themselves severely trouted.
     
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  3. Carcaroth

    Carcaroth I call on the priests, saints and dancin' girls ★ SPS Account Holder

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    mmm... Images of being hit round the face with a wet fish.

    :banana:
     
    Carcaroth, Nov 17, 2004
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    Wow, those are pretty good.
     
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    :D :D :D

    They're great!

    Especially BLAMESTORMING and CROP DUSTING.

    :D :D :D
     
    Nightal, Nov 17, 2004
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    I am a devout mouse potato, constant source of irritainment, and master of percussive maintenance... Now, lets see of a random person can make sense of it... *switches to RL* :p

    :borg:
     
    Hugo, Nov 17, 2004
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  7. Sir Belisarius

    Sir Belisarius Viconia's Boy Toy Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    I love prairie dogging because I've seen it in action!
     
    Sir Belisarius, Nov 17, 2004
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  8. Mesmero

    Mesmero How'd an old elf get the blues?

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    That's the most accurate description of my boss, that I've ever seen. :D
     
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    Hahaha. Nice one!
     
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    I've done a lot of Blamestorming my self! It's realy cool as long they don't pick you to blame!
     
    SleepleSS, Nov 17, 2004
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  11. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    That sounds like my time card at work...I've gone throgh 3 of them since I've worked there. :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Nov 17, 2004
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    Ahrontil, Nov 17, 2004
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