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Article #110Re: another english word
From: Ian Staples
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 00:00
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"Mog" <glitchonline@mindspring.com> writes:
>Yes but the important thing is did Vernon Jordan get "Monicaed"?
:-)
There were several "new words" listed recently in the _Cairns Post_
(27 Feb 98 p.4). For example:
cube farm -- an office made up of rows of cubicles. ("Cole Barber works
in a cube farm at Silicon Gaming in Palo Alto.")
They also quoted a list from Gareth Branwyn, who compiles the Jargon Watch
column in _Wired_ magazine. I wasn't too impressed by the "ohnosecond"
(the instant of time it takes you to realise you've blundered seriously)
but I really liked two others:
salmon day -- a day spent swimming against the current, getting nowhere.
blamestorming -- the corporate ritual of sitting in a group discussing
why a project failed or a deadline was missed.
Cheers, Ian S.
P.S. Newsgroups edited.
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