TESTICULATINGWaving your arms around and talking bollocks.
BLAMESTORMINGSitting round in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a
project failed, and who was responsible.
ASSMOSIS The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by
sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.
SALMON DAYThe experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get
screwed and die.
CUBE FARMAn office filled with cubicles.
PRAIRIE DOGGINGWhen someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and
people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on. (This also
applies to applause for a promotion because there may be cake.)
SITCOMs Single Income, Two Children, and Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn
into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home
with the kids or start a 'home business'.
SINBAD Single working girls. Single income, no boyfriend and desperate.
AEROPLANE BLONDEOne who has bleached/dyed her hair but still has a "black box".
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCEThe fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it
to work again.
ADMINISPHERE The rarefied organisational 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. This is often affiliated with the dreaded
administrivia - needless
paperwork and processes.
404 Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message
404 not found meaning that the requested document could not be located.
OH-NO SECONDThat minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just
made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit
reply all).
JOHNNY-NO-STARS A young man of substandard intelligence, the typical adolescent who
works in a burger restaurant. The 'no-stars' comes from the badges
displaying stars that staff at fast-food restaurants often wear to show
their level of training.
GOING FOR A McSHITEntering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food,
you're just going to the loo. If challenged by a pimply staff member,
your declaration to them that you'll buy their food afterwards is known
as a McShit with Lies.
MILLENNIUM DOMESThe contents of a wonder bra, i.e. extremely impressive when viewed from
the outside, but there's actually naught in there worth seeing.
AUSSIE KISSSimilar to a French kiss, but given down under.
GREYHOUND A very short skirt only an inch from the hare.
SALAD DODGERAn excellent phrase for an overweight person.
SWAMP-DONKEY A deeply unattractive person.
MYSTERY TAXIThe taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday morning before you wake up, whisks away the stunner you slept with, and leaves a 10-pinter in your bed instead.
BEER COATThe invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at 3:00am.
BEER COMPASSThe invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after booze
cruise, even though you're too drunk to remember where you live, how
you got here, and where you've come from.
BREAKING THE SEALYour first pee in the pub, usually after 2 hours of drinking. After
breaking the seal of your bladder, repeat visits to the toilet will be
required every 10 or 15 minutes for the rest of the night.
TART FUELBottled premixed spirits, regularly consumed by young women.
PICASSO BUMA woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she looks like she's
got 4 buttocks
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