Words that you may well need to know for 2007

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, upsets on everything, and then leaves.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
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.
STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because 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.
404: Someone who’s clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message 404 Not Found, meaning that the requested site could not be located.
OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you’ve just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake).

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