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26. the dirty bin (thə dûr'tē bĭn)
- a. (n.) A large bin of discount products such as unwanted toys or DVDs that can be found at large supermarkets.
27. dotbomb (dŏt-bŏm)
- a. (n.) An internet venture doomed to failure.
- b. (n.) A presentation where a doomed company is touted as a sure success.
28. dotcomedy (dŏt-kŏm'ĭ-dē)
- a. (n.) An internet venture boasting a hilarious failure.
- b. (n.) A presentation where a doomed company is touted as a sure success; sometimes followed by evil laughter coming from a competing company.
29. dreadvertise (drĕd'vər-tīz')
- a. (v.) To advertise by using dreadful tactics; to engage in military propaganda.
Example: There are skilled dreadvertisers within our government system.
30. emongous (ĭ-mŏng'gəs)
- a. (adj.) A large conglomeration, especially of companies, often through electronic media.
Examples:
Time-Warner and Microsoft have become emongous companies!
More loosely, "Johny's new TV is emongous!"
31. execuglide (ĭg-zĕk'yə-glīd)
- a. (v.) The act of gliding across one's office in an executive chair on wheels.
32. faxole (făks'hōl')
- a. (n.) One who gets a new fax machine and insists on sending practice faxes to any friend with a fax machine.
33. foxfax (fŏks-făks)
- a. (n.pl.) The cunning and crafty facts one gets from a salesman when trying to buy a new or used car.
34. fundage (fŭn'dĭj)
- a. (n.) Money; Funds.
35. greencollar (grēn-kŏl'ər)
- a. (adj.) Anyone who manages and works on a farm or argicultural concern.
36. grintiger (grĭn-tĭ'jər)
- a. (n.) A bar code or sku number found on the back of a greeting card.
37. haggleable (hăg'əl-ə'bəl)
- a. (adj.) Negotiable, especially as to price.
Example: The sticker on this car is haggleable.
38. halficle (häf'ĭ-kəl)
- a. (n.) A small cubicle or half of a large cubicle. Usually found in a call center.
39. hob-cob (hŏb cŏb)
- a. (v.) To put something together in such a fashion that it will suffice, but will never pass for any manner of skill.
Example: I helped him hob-cob his glasses back together with tape and wire; it wasn't pretty, but it'll hold up til he can get a new pair.
40. infomoron (ĭn'fō-môr'ŏn')
- a. (n.) An infomercial stand-in specialized in the task of showing the audience just how difficult commonplace tools or equipment can be to use, giving them ample reason to buy the new product. A certified professional will often demonstrate low manual dexterity, confusion with simple tasks, and a disastrous storage system that leaves them unable to locate the things they need.
Example: Let's watch the infomoron unsuccessfully staple papers together.
41. intaxication (ĭn-tăk'sĭ-kā'shən)
- a. (n.) Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until one realizes it was one's own money to start with.
42. JABUPS (jä-bŭps)
- a. (acro.) Jargon Articulated By Unintelligible Public Servants.
43. jobsworth (jŏbs'wûrth')
- a. (n.) A measure of a task in comparison to a job's worth. A task that, in order to complete, requires compensation above and beyond a single job's worth.
Example: I can't do that, it's more than a jobsworth.
44. lesbertizing (lěz'bər-tī'zĭng)
- a. (n.) A notice or announcement in a public medium, meant to appeal to lascivious males, which uses two or more young women in a sexually suggestive pose to promote a product, service, or event.
Example: Those liquor companies and nightclubs certainly use a lot more lesbertising these days. Even NASCAR is getting into it.
45. loanation (lō-nā'shən)
- a. (n.) Monies loaned, typically to a close relative, without the expectation of renumeration.
Example: Dave wrote off the $300, which he gave his daughter to fix her car brakes, as a loanation.
46. mapology (măp-ŏl'ə-jē)
- a. (n.) The study of maps. A degree relating to any profession that involves maps.
47. McSkimming (mĭk-skĭm'ĭng)
- a. (v.) Pocketing cash orders at the drive-up window.
48. meetnik (mēt-nĭk)
- a. (n.) A person who enjoys meetings and other administrative events and tries to attend as many of them as possible.
Example: Being socially active is one thing, meeting for the sake of meeting is another. I try to stay away from meetniks for whom getting together is an end in itself. Meeting without meaning is worse than meaning without meeting.
49. memolandum (mĕm'ə-lăn'dəm)
- a. (n.) The miscellaneous note or letter you keep putting back in your in-box because you don't know what else to do with it. Also: (pl) memolandums
50. metabusy (mĕt'ə-bĭz'ē)
- a. (adj.) Engaged in activity directed at becoming busy, usually from an inability to complete a primary task given the current situation.
Example: "Since my hard drive crashed, I am metabusy trying to finish my reports."
