BUZZWORDS of 2001
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BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was 
missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.

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.

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

SITCOMS: (Single Income, Two Children, Opressive 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.

IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you 
find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a prime 
example. Bill Clinton's shameful video Grand Jury testimony is another.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the heck out of an electronic 
device to get it to work again.

VULCAN NERVE PINCH: The taxing hand position required to reach all the 
appropriate keys for certain commands. For instance, the arm reboot for 
a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the Control Key, the 
Command Key, the Return Key, and the Power On Key.

YUPPIE FOOD STAMPS: The ubiquitous $20 bills spewed out at ATMs everywhere. 
Often used when trying to split the bill after a meal, 'We each owe $8, but 
all anybody's got are yuppie food stamps!

GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no 
matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions.

OHNOSECOND: That miniscule fraction of time in which you realize that 
you've made a BIG mistake.

WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.