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13 Most Fun
Buzzwords
Dec. 4, 2006 - Ever done any
blamestorming? How about prairie-dogging?
Do you work with any BMWs? Or has your career been
plutoed?
Those four
buzzwords are among the 13 Most Fun Buzzwords
of 2006 as selected by the readers of BuzzWhack.com,
home of The Buzzword Dictionary: 1,000
Phrases Translated From
Pompous to English, (Marion Street Press $12.95
order online now).
"Not all
buzzwords make you cringe. Some are delightfully colorful, funny
and sum up life in today's workplace," says John Walston, author
of The Buzzword Dictionary and creator of BuzzWhack.com. "And
given the way the world's been going lately, we definitely need
something to laugh about."
Here's the
complete list:
1. blamestorming: A group process
where participants analyze a failed project and look for
scapegoats other than themselves.
2. Death by Tweakage: When a product
or project fails due to unnecessary tinkering or too many
last-minute revisions.
3. BMWs: Bitchers, Moaners and
Whiners.
4. clockroaches: Employees who spend
most of their day watching the clock - instead of doing their
jobs
5. plutoed: To be unceremoniously
dumped or relegated to a lower position without an adequate
reason or explanation.
6. prairie dogging: A modern office
phenomenon. Occurs when workers simultaneously pop their heads
up out of their cubicles to see what's going on.
7. carbon-based error: Error caused by
a human, not a computer (which we assume would be a
silicon-based error).
8. menoporsche: Male menopause.
Symptoms include a sudden lack of energy, crankiness and the
overpowering urge to buy a Porsche.
9. adminisphere: The upper levels of
management where big, impractical, and counterproductive
decisions are made.
10. deja poo: The feeling that you've
stepped in this bull before.
11. bobbleheading: The mass nod of
agreement by participants in a meeting to comments made by the
boss even though most have no idea what he/she just said.
12. ringtone rage: The violent
response by cube mates after hearing your annoying cell phone
ringtone for the 15th time.
13. muffin top:
The unsightly roll of flesh that spills over the waist of a pair
of too-tight
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