New Words
Posted by Niroshan on October 13, 2010 at 07:31:47

Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
Cube Farm: An office filled with cubicles.
Ego Surfing: Scanning the Net, databases, print media and so on, looking for references to one's own name.
404: Someone who's clueless. "Don't bother asking him; he's 404." From the WWW error message "404 Not Found", meaning the requested document couldn't be located.
Idea Hamsters: People who always seem to have their idea generators running.
Keyboard Plaque: The disgusting build-up of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards.
Mouse Potato: The online, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
Treeware: Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.

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