Subject: More Terms
Date: Thu, May 18 2000 00:00:02 EDT

Jan Altman thought the terms from the 90's were a scream, so she sent along a few good ones that yesterday's list missed...


Adminisphere:
The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
Blowing Your Buffer:
Losing one's train of thought. Occurs when the person you are speaking with won't let you get a word in edgewise or has just said something so astonishing that your train gets derailed. "Damn, I just blew my buffer!"
Bookmark:
To take note of a person for future reference.
Brain Fart:
A byproduct of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?"
CGI Joe:
A hard-core CGI script programmer with all the social skills and charisma of a plastic action figure.
CLM (Career-Limiting Move):
Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM.
Cobweb Site:
A web site that hasn't been updated for a long time. A dead web page.
Dead Tree Edition:
The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms, as in: "The dead tree edition of the San Francisco Chronicle..."
Dilberted:
To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the geeky comic strip character. "I've been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week."
Dorito Syndrome:
Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictions to substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome."
Elvis Year:
The peak year of something's or someone's popularity. "Barney the Dinosaur's Elvis year was 1993."
404:
Someone who's clueless. From the Internet error message "404, URL Not Found," meaning the requested document can't be located. "Don't bother asking him, he's 404."
Glazing:
Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at conferences and early-morning meetings. "Didn't he notice that half the room was glazing by the second session?"
Graybar Land:
The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the gray bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for what seemed like hours, thanks to that CAD rendering."
Gray Matter:
Older, experienced business people hired by young entrepreneurial firms looking to appear more reputable and established.
Nyetscape:
Nickname for AOL's less-than-full-featured Web browser.
Open-Collar Workers:
People who work at home or telecommute.
Plug-and-Play:
A new hire who doesn't need any training. "The new guy, John, is great. He's totally plug-and-play."
Salmon Day:
The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed in the end.
Under Mouse Arrest:
Getting busted for violating an on-line service's code of conduct. "Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest."
World Wide Wait:
The real meaning of WWW.