Mouse Potato The on-line, wired generations answer to the couch potato.

Cube Farm An office filled with cubicles.

Ohno-Second That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that youve just made a BIG mistake.

Assmosis The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss.

Blamestorming Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.

Irritainment Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The Prince of ditches, who the nation watched for almost three days, is a prime example.

Career Limiting Move (CLM) Used among executives to describe an ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM.

Adminisphere The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.

Flight Risk Used to describe employees who are suspected of planning to leave the company or department soon.

404 Someone whos clueless. From the World Wide Web error message " 404-URL Not Found," meaning that the requested web page could not be located. Used as in: "Dont bother asking him... hes 404, man."

Percussive Maintenance The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

Umfriend A sexual relation of dubious standing or a concealed intimate relationship, as in "This is Dylan, my...um...friend."

Body Nazis Hard-core exercise and weightlifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesnt work out obsessively.

Idea Hamsters People who always seem to have their idea generators running.