More New Words

  • Chainsaw Consultant
    An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee head count, leaving the top brass with clean hands.
  • Cube Farm
    An office filled with cubicles.
  • Idea Hamsters
    People who always seem to have their idea generators running.
  • Computer Potato
    The on-line, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
  • SITCOMs (Single Income, Two Children, Outrageous Mortgage)
    What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.
  • Squirt the Bird
    To transmit a signal to a satellite.
  • Starter Marriage
    A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets.
  • Stress Puppy
    A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
  • Swiped Out
    An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
  • Xerox Subsidy
    Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one’s workplace.