__ Jargon Watch__
Cold Transfer
An incoming phone call transferred without notice or explanation from the transferring party. "Someone in customer service cold transferred the call to me - by that point the guy was ready to crawl through the wires and kill somebody."
Dancing Baloney
Gratuitous animated GIFs and other Web special effects that are used to impress clients. "This page is kinda dull ... maybe a little dancing baloney will help."
Picasso Porn
The semi-scrambled transmissions from adult cable channels that can sometimes be seen (and heard) by nonsubscribers.
Seagull Manager
A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, shits all over everything, then leaves.
Stalker Site
A Web site created by an obviously obsessed fan. "Have you seen that Gillian Anderson stalker site? The guy's got like 200 pictures of her!"
Gareth Branwyn (jargon@Wired.com)
A tip o' the tam to Ralph Bishop, Gary Rosenzweig, Brock N. Meeks, and Stuart Constantine.
