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1. 007 (dŭb'əl-ō-sĕv'ən)
- a. (n.) A license to kill; used in medical terminology when someone makes a mistake.
Example: One's friend in Med-School tells them that they almost killed someone, and they reply, saying, "007."
2. abzot (ăb-zŏt)
- a. (n.) The device in a currency changer that determines whether a bill is too wrinkled or not.
3. adminisphere (ăd-mĭn'ĭs-fîr')
- a. (n.) The levels of management where big, impractical, and counterproductive decisions are made.
Example: The administration thought it'd be a good idea to replace all 700 of our servers with three mainframes as a way of speeding things up. I'm telling you, their brains don't get enough air in that adminisphere.
4. adverteasement (ăd-vər-tēz'mənt)
- a. (n.) Any sexual representation used for the purpose of obtaining an individual or group's attention. Often used in media outlets.
5. afford in your future (ə-fôrd' ĭn yôr fyü'chər)
- a. (v.in.) Meaning one may not be able to afford it now, but if they were to put enough money aside they'll be able to afford it in their future.
Example: Well, you don't have a car but you could afford in your future.
Note: This is a common phrase and is really a repetitive of what it says outside of definition. Redefining it doesn't give any change in meaning.
6. alphageek (ăl'fə-gēk)
- a. (n.) The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group. Often found shunning lesser geeks in their cubicles.
7. applicating (ăp'lĭ-kāt'ĭng)
- a. (v.tr.) The act of submitting applications.
8. aristonaut (ə-rĭs'tə-nôt')
- a. (n.) Someone who bought their way into space with large amounts of money not available to the general masses.
9. autocrappy (ô'tə-krăp'ē)
- a. (adj.) Describing something that, although brand new, is unappealing or tasteless. Signifying an automatic categorization among poor products.
Example: Almost everything found in the dirty bin at Sprawl-mart is autocrappy.
10. billmarker (bĭl-mär'kər)
- a. (n.) A machine which tells the user if their dollar bill is too wrinkled to fit into another machine or not. On occasion, if the bill is straight, it will automatically feed back the bill and a fifty dollar bill will be returned in the receipt collection receptacle.
11. blamestorming (blām'stôr'mĭng)
- a. (n.) A method of collectively finding one to blame for a mistake no one is willing to confess to. Often occurs in the form of a meeting of colleagues at work, gathered to decide who is to blame for a screw up.
12. bookcrossing (buk-krŏs'ĭng)
- a. (acro.) A subtle form of viral marketing in which one leaves a book in a public place to be picked up and read by any individual who passes by.
13. bucklint (bŭk'lĭnt)
- a. (n.) The fine red and blue threads running through new dollar bills.
14. buzzack (bŭz'ăk)
- a. (n.) A person in a phone mart who walks around picking up display phones and listening for dial tone even when they know the phones are not connected.
15. cashamed (kə-shāmd')
- a. (adj.) Feeling guilty or embarrassed about the amount of money one has.
16. chairy (châr'ē)
- a. (adj.) Someone who likes to chair in meetings, to preside, to be a master of ceremonies.
Examples:
Jimmy is every bit as chairy as Andrew, which spells trouble at a small institution like ours.
She is a wonderful person, but maybe just a touch too chairy to share a household.
17. Chrindow shopping (krĭn'dō shŏp'ĭng)
- a. (n.) Literally Christmas window shopping. An activity during the Christmas season where one only browses for Christmas gifts rather than buying. This often involves making purchases for one's self prior to considering one's friends and family.
Example: Jerry thought, "Merry Christmas to me," as he began his Chrindow shopping.
18. clonedead (klōn-dĕd)
- a. (adj.) A written document which has been copied until it is practically illegible and is therefore useless.
Example: I received a copy of a scanned copy of a fax of a printout of a mimeographed copy of a fax of a copy, and it certainly was clonedead.
19. comfordable (kŭm-fôr'də-bəl)
- a. (adj.) That which is not only affordable but comfy as well.
20. confirmative (kən-fûr'mə-tĭv)
- a. (adj.) Describing a meeting or other action used to affirm one's confirmation.
Example: That was certainly the longest, confirmative, company-wide meeting I have ever attended. And all we did was make sure everyone was prepared for Friday's meeting.
21. corporashun (kôr'pə-rā'shŭn)
- a. (n.) Any variation on a company or product name created with the intent to mock or shun it.
Example: Some corporashuns include: Internet Exploder by Microshaft, Home Cheap-o, Northworst Airlines.
22. deadvertise (dĕd'vər-tīz')
- a. (v.tr.) To advertise and promote political causes by death.
Example: Terrorism is nothing but the art of deadvertising.
23. deficacious (dĕf'ĭ-kā'shəs)
- a. (adj.) Possessing the quality of seeming effective, but effectively just full of crap, mierda, shiznit, and the like; producing, or capable of producing, the effect intended; as, an deficacious law. Origins: by Erich M Wedding, esq.
24. delayed billelation (dĭ-lād bĭ'lə-lā'shən)
- a. (v.) Any usable denomination of money, found in the pockets of a coat, jacket or pair of pants that have been put away for a long period of time, that creates a long lasting euphoric and joyous feeling of satisfaction once found.
Example: "Why are you so happy today?", "I suppose I'm still delay billelated about the ten bucks I found in my winter coat from last year."
25. dimp (dĭmp)
- a. (n.) A person who insults you in a cheap department store by asking, "Do you work here?"
