BLAMESTORMING : Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
SEAGULL MANAGER : A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
ASSMOSIS : The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
STRESS PUPPY : A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
XEROX SUBSIDY : Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE : The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
ADMINISPHERE : The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
404 : Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web ERROR MESSAGE 404: "Not Found," meaning the requested site could not be located.
OHNOSECOND : That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting SEND on an e-mail by mistake.)
CROP DUSTING : Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a cube farm.
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