ghost work
Following a layoff, it’s the workload absorbed by the surviving staff – generally with little notice or proper training.
Nominated by Mark Schlepphorst
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menoporsche
Male menopause. Symptoms include a sudden lack of energy, crankiness and the overpowering urge to buy a Porsche.
You can subscribe to this if you have the urge, they’re coming out fairly regularly again. I LOVE this one.
My ex had Menoclipse – he got cranky, lost his energy, quit his job and bought an Eclipse. Really.
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duppie
Depressed urban professional.
Often overeducated and underemployed — and in today’s world, they’re flipping burgers at McDonald’s.
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This is a good one. My (possibly) favorite author, Barbara Kingsolver, has been experimenting with being a locavore for the past year or so. According to her it’s hard to pass up that beautiful fresh fruit from Chile in the winter….
locavore
One whose diet consists primarily of
locally-produced food.
Nominated by Aunt Shecky
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Truck Factor
The number of people on your team who have to be hit by a truck before the project is in serious trouble.
Nominated by Michael Finnegan
We’re so short staffed here our Truck Factor is at about 1.
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