New Corporate Buzz Words 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, and then leaves.
Cube Farm:
An office filled with cubicles.
Idea Hamsters:
People who always seem to have their idea generators running.
Mouse Potato:
The online, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
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.
SITCOMs:
What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids. Stands for Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
Stress Puppy:
A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
Swiped Out:
An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
Tourists:
People who take training classes just to get a vacation from their jobs. “We had three serious students in class; the rest were just tourists.”
Alpha Geek:
The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group. “Ask Larry, he’s the Alpha Geek around here.”
Chips and Salsa:
Chips = hardware, Salsa = software. “Well, first we gotta figure out if the problem is in your chips or your salsa.”
Flight Risk:
Used to describe employees who are suspected of planning to leave a company or department soon.
Percussive Maintenance:
The fine art of attacking an electronic device to get it to work again.
Uninstalled:
Euphemism for being fired. Heard on the voicemail of a Vice President at a downsizing computer firm: “You have reached the number of an uninstalled Vice President. Please dial our main number and ask the operator for assistance.” See also Decruitment.
Corporate Buzz Words