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BUZZWORD COMPLIANT DICTIONARY
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undertooled: Lacking the proper tools to do the job - whether it's the correct wrench or a
college degree. "Without an MBA, I’m undertooled for that position."
uniques: Sounds like the name of a
’50s rock ‘n’ roll band – Johnny and the Uniques. Actually, it is the
number of "unique" visitors to a Web site.
Nominated by Amado Izaguirre
UMTS: A wireless term that means Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. It's the
wireless world's 3G or third generation system.
upgrade the herd: To hire better people and/or
weed out the bad ones. "Smart companies
are using the down economy as a chance to upgrade the herd."
Nominated by
Mike Hess
uplevel: Corporate-speak for raising or taking
something to a new level. "We'll need to uplevel our thinking for this client."
Nominated by Erik Bergman
upskilling: To develop new skills, generally technical ones – often by
reskilling (retraining).
Nominated by Kieran Dowling
up-titling: The practice of giving impressive-sounding titles instead of raises. Examples:
The Head of Verbal Telecommunications is really a receptionist. An Optical Illuminator
Enhancer cleans windows. And Stock Replenishment Executives stock shelves.
urban tumbleweed:
Plastic shopping bags, discarded newspapers or other debris that blow
haphazardly through the streets - just before getting stuck to the front
grille of your car.
Nominated by
Tracey Coulter
URL: It’s the Web address you
typed into your browser that got you here in the first place. Officially, it’s the
uniform resource locator and is the code that tells the computers on the Internet how to
find a specific document or Web site. Looks something like this:
http://www.buzzwhack.com/index.htm. And it’s pronounced U-R-L. Not Ural
or earl.
USB: No,
it’s not the University of Santa Barbara. The Universal Serial Bus is simply another way to
connect gadgets to your PC.
user-centric: A novel concept where products and services are designed with the user in mind.
Duh!
Nominated by Michael Chwastiak
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