New terms
Blamestorming:
A group process where participants analyze a failed project and look for scapegoats other than themselves.
Death by tweakage:
When a product or project fails due to unnecessary tinkering or too many last-minute revisions.
BMWs:
Bitchers, Moaners and Whiners.
Clockroaches:
Employees who spend most of their day watching the clock - instead of doing their jobs
Plutoed:
To be unceremoniously dumped or relegated to a lower position without an adequate reason or explanation.
Prairie dogging:
A modern office phenomenon. Occurs when workers simultaneously pop their heads up out of their cubicles to see what’s going on.
Carbon-based error:
Error caused by a human, not a computer (which we assume would be a silicon-based error).
Menoporsche:
Male menopause. Symptoms include a sudden lack of energy, crankiness and the overpowering urge to buy a Porsche.
Adminisphere:
The upper levels of management where big, impractical, and counterproductive decisions are made.
Deja poo:
The feeling that you’ve stepped in this bull before.
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.
Ringtone rage:
The violent response by cube mates after hearing your annoying cell phone ringtone for the 15th time.
Muffin top:
The unsightly roll of flesh that spills over the waist of a pair of too-tight pants.
[Thanks Nas]


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