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Dilberted

To be exploited and oppressed by your boss, as is Dilbert, the comic strip character.

"Damn, I've been dilberted again! The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week."

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Ohnosecond
That minuscule fraction of time during which you realize you've just made a terrible error.

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Chip Jewelry

Old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decoration.

"I paid three grand for that Mac and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."

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Bookmark

To take note of a person for future reference.

"After seeing his cool demo at Siggraph, I bookmarked him."

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404

Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, "404 Not Found," which means the document requested couldn't be located.

"Don't bother asking John. He's 404."

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Dead Tree Edition
The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms.

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Adminisphere
The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant.

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CLM (Career Limiting Move)

Used by microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity.

"Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM."

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Chips and Salsa

Chips = hardware, salsa = software.

"First we gotta figure out if the problem's in your chips or your salsa."

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Treeware
Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.

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