Business Slang

#slang Betamaxed When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition as in "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market" Categories: slang

#slang Mouse Potato The online generation's answer to the couch potato. Categories: slang

#slang Salmon Day The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed in the end. "God, today was a total salmon day!" Categories: slang

#slang Dorito Syndrome The feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome." Categories: slang

#slang Alpha Geek The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group. "I dunno, ask Rick. He's our alpha geek." Categories: slang

#slang Uninstalled Euphemism for being fired. Also: decruitment. Categories: slang

#slang Assmosis The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard. Categories: slang

#slang Xerox Subsidy Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace. Categories: slang

#slang Under Mouse Arrest Getting busted for violating an online service's rule of conduct. "Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest." Categories: slang

#slang Swiped Out An ATM or credit card that has been used so much its magnetic strip is worn away. Categories: slang

#slang Cobweb A WWW site that never changes. Categories: slang

#slang Chip Jewelry Old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decoration. "I paid three grand for that Mac and now it's nothing but chip jewelry." Categories: slang

#slang Starter Marriage A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets. Categories: slang

#slang Open-Collar Workers People who work at home or telecommute. Categories: slang

#slang 404 Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, "404 Not Found," which means the document requested couldn't be located. "Don't bother asking John. He's 404." Categories: slang

#slang SITCOMs ("Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage") What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids. Categories: slang

#slang Idea Hamsters People whose idea generators are always running. Categories: slang

#slang Link Rot The process by which web page's links become obsolete as the sites they're connected to change or die. Categories: slang

#slang Chainsaw Consultant An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee head count, leaving the top brass with clean hands. Categories: slang

#slang Plug-and-Play A new hire who doesn't require training. "That new guy is totally plug-and-play." Categories: slang

#slang 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?" Variation of old hacker slang that had more negative connotations. Categories: slang

#slang Seagull Manager A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps over everything and then leaves. Categories: slang

#slang CLM (Career Limiting Move) Used by microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. "Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM." Categories: slang

#slang High Dome Egghead, scientist, PhD Categories: slang

#slang Umfriend One with whom one has a sexual relationship; as in: "...this is Dale, my umfriend." Categories: slang