Jargon Watch
Dead End Users (DEUs)- A derogatory play on "end users." Used by some technical support people to refer to the clueless masses who call with painfully obvious tech questions.
- Feeb
- (from feeble) An incompetent. "I'm a total feeb when it comes to public speaking!"
- Identity Hacking
- Posting anonymously, pseudonymously, or by giving a completely false name/address/phone with the intent to deceive.
- Infobahn
- Term being bandied about Capitol Hill as a faster and more global-sounding replacement for the cumbersome "information superhighway."
- Interrupt-Driven
- Used to describe someone who moves through a workday responding to a series of interruptions rather than the work goals originally set.
- Magalog
- A mail-order catalog disguised as a magazine in the hope of sucking in its recipients. "Hey wait...this International Male magazine is one of those stinking magalogs!"
- MorF?
- An acronym for "Male or Female?" Posed as a question in the People Connection "rooms" of America Online as conversants try to determine the sex of other occupants. "Sandy - MorF?" Replies often include age and geographical location: "F/24/Cleveland."
- Single-Systemitis
- Used to describe people who use only one computer system, refusing to learn or even acknowledge the worth of any others.
