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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: --- WinPoint 0.2.08 Alpha* Origin: Malfunction Junction (3:712/610.6) SEEN-BY: 711/934 712/610 @PATH: 712/610 711/934 |
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