11 month ago
adamrg : Educational Jargon Generator - I'm using this... soon.
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15 month ago
deusx : Language Computeer - duality - "it's the word I coined (after James Doohan, Scotty on Star Trek)! (aka "techno-babble", but I like the obscurity of "doohanian")."
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19 month ago
43folders : Word Spy - eco-anxiety - "Worry or agitation caused by concerns about the present and future state of the environment."
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22 month ago
43folders : Inside baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - I think I first heard this secondary usage from Anil. Anyhow, I use this term all the time now.
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22 month ago
43folders : Rock On - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "An expression used at rock concerts or similar festivities, indicating a desire to hear more rock music or general celebration."
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22 month ago
deusx : Urban Dictionary: B.O.H.I.C.A - "Bend Over Here It Comes Again"
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22 month ago
43folders : Fanboy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - I get called an "Apple fanboy" about every day; it still makes me smile. You might as well also call me a "gravity fanboy" and a "thermodynamics fanboy."
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25 month ago
43folders : Skeuomorph - Wikipedia - "a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to structure that was necessary in the original..." via: David Galbraith
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25 month ago
43folders : Word Spy - stage-phoning - "Attempting to impress nearby people by talking on a cell phone in an animated, theatrical manner." (thanks, Finn)
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26 month ago
43folders : Word Spy - celebutard - "A celebrity who is or is perceived to be unintelligent. [Blend of celebutante and retard.]"
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27 month ago
jkottke : Jargon watch: dog whistle politics - Jargon watch: dog whistle politics.
kellan : jargon watch: dog whistle politics - Why bother with Lakoffian framing when you've got a secret language? #
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27 month ago
merlinmann : Marketplace: Dunkin' Donuts escalates java wars - Learned a new piece of marketing jargon today: "pm snack." As in the after-dinner market that Starbucks currently dominates.
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28 month ago
merlinmann : OfficeSlang.com - Funny Office Slang - "Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again."
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34 month ago
merlinmann : Mule Design Studio - Coinage Alert: Metro-technical - "Someone who's willing to try ANY piece of software or hardware for at least a week until the shine wears off and they go sniffing for the next buzz."
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34 month ago
kayodeok : Microsoft Jargon Collection - Black Hole: A project requiring infinite amounts of work. In other words, the vast majority of Microsoft projects.
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34 month ago
kayodeok : The Microsoft vocabulary - Brown number: "Bob, how long is that going to take to test?" "3 weeks." "That sounds like a brown number to me." "Brown number? What's that?" "It's a number you pull out of um... um.. anyway..."
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