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news snackers: People with short
attention spans who primarily get their news in short bursts
from things like Twitter, RSS feeds, mobile phones and glimpses
of TVs posted on gas pumps or in elevators. Like most snacks,
they’re tasty and easy to digest but aren’t good for you in the
long run.
Nominated by Steve
Terrillion
RECENT ADDITIONS:
urban Amish: A city dweller with no
cell phone, no laptop, no iPod, no Blackberry, etc.
Nominated by Deanie Riley
Town Hall Moment: Sen. Joe Wilson's
tacky explanation for calling President Obama a liar during the
president's address to Congress.
"I had a Town Hall Moment."
The recent healthcare town halls were known for the
disrespectful behavior of some healthcare reform opponents.
Nominated by Sandie
Wilson
funddrainer: An event that loses money
for a nonprofit organization.
Nominated by Mark
McLaughlin
oblication: Vacation time spent
managing personal obligations, such as taking time off from work
to move your son into his dorm at college.
Nominated by Holli
Whitt
reinventing the flat tire: To make the same
mistake made before despite extended debate and a formal vote.
Nominated by Jos Zebley
OT-mail: An
unnecessary, after-hours e-mail sent to a supervisor or co-workers with the sole purpose
of time-stamping how late you worked.. Example: An e-mail sent to
the boss at 9:24 p.m. --
"Just wanted to touch base on the Johnson account. Let me know when we can
meet."
ocular inspection: To look at,
inspect, to see with your own eyes. Once a medical reference,
now it's a staple of bureaucratic language. "We'll have to make
an ocular inspection to see if the boundaries are correct."
Nominated by Ken Naparsteck
jitterati:
What the digital generation becomes after sipping one too many cups of Starbucks.
telephonically communicated:
To convey information or data by telephone. "The
results of the retest were telephonically communicated to the CEO."
A less buzzy alternative:
"I called Jack."
Nominated by
Linda Martin
relanguage:
Term used by $300-an-hour consultants when $5 words, such as
reword, rephrase or rewrite, would work just as well. "I think
we can relanguage that to be more effective."
personal
stimulus recovery
plan: A vacation.
Also known as a "personal stimulus program."
Nominated by Maria
Mangicaro
leveraging
knowledge capital: Stealing someone else's work or
idea(program code, PowerPoint, etc.) and then changing a few
things to make it your own.
Nominated by Keith Riley
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