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to: Al
from: Keith Richardson
date: 1997-05-19 22:57:22
subject: Jargon

every month "wired" has a jargon column, heres a sample (well i
just re-installed omni-pro, and i wanted to give it a run (: )

Bitslag
All the useless rubble on the Net one has to plow through to get to the
rich information ore.

CEOP-phobia
The male fear of peeing while standing next to one's CEO at a urinal.

Going Cyrillic
When a graphical display (LED panel, bit-mapped text and graphics) starts
to display garbage. "The thing just went Cyrillic on me."

Panic Merchants
Businesses, media outlets, and morality groups that make their living by
capitalizing on common fears and anxieties. AIDS, escalating crime,
ecological degradation, porn on the Internet, and antisocial rap Iyrics are
some of the fears exploited by panic merchants.

Router droppings
The inclusions added to e-mail messages when a server or recipient cannot
be found. Cryptic and foul-looking, they require a kind of scatological
analysis to find what the router problem was. Also called "daemon
droppings."

Ant Farm
Huge multiscreen theater complexes with glass facades, often found near
American malls. Also called gigaplexes.

CGI Joe
A hardcore CGI-script programmer with all the social skills and charisma of
a plastic action figure.

Dorito Syndrome
Feelings 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."

Under Mouse Arrest
Getting busted for violating an online service's rules of
conduct."Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse
arrest." (possibly fido too (: )

Umfriend
A sexual relationship of dubious standing.
"This is Dale, my ... um ... friend."

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?"

Brandwidth 
The theoretical limit of a product's expandability into different media, venues, 
market segments, et cetera."Hello Kitty has a shockingly large brandwidth."

Glass 
In aviation, a "glass" aircraft is one that has a digital
cockpit, as opposed to a "steam gauge" or "rope start"
cockpit with analog instrumentation. "Since moving up to glass, I'd
never want to fly an ol'steam gauge again."

Hand Salsa 
The slimy substance left on a mouse or joystick after a harrowing round of
a high-stress videogame. "Sure, you can play, if you don't mind the
hand salsa."

Kubris 
An extreme form of arrogance found in multimedia auteurs who think they're
Stanley Kubrick.

Quarterly Charm Deficiency (QCD) 
An emotional disorder that arises in executives at the end of each fiscal quarter. 
@EOT:

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