Just ran across buzzwhack.com -- a breath-of-fresh-air site dedicated to the misuse and ruination of the English language, particularly in the workplace. Here's a buzzwhack.com Top 13 list of favorite words and phrases overheard and used on the job... 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 pants. |
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Have you ever been Plutoed?
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