NEW WORDS FOR A NEW YEAR

BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a 
deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was 
responsible. 

CHAINSAW CONSULTANT: An outside expert brought in to reduce 
the employee headcount, leaving the top brass with clean 
hands. 

CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles. 

IDEA HAMSTERS: People who always seem to have their idea 
generator running. 

MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the 
couch potato. 

PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly 
in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to 
see what's going on. 

SITCOMs: (Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage) 
What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them 
stops working to stay home with the kids. 

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. 

TOURISTS: People who take training classes just to get a 
vacation from their jobs. "We had three serious students in 
the class; the rest were just tourists." 

TREEWARE: Hacker slang for documentation or other printed 
material. 

XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from 
one's workplace. 

ALPHA GEEK: The most knowledgeable, technically proficient 
person in an office or work group. 

CHIPS & SALSA: Chips = hardware, Salsa = software. "Well, 
first we gotta figure out if the problem's in your chips or 
your salsa.