Brains on a Stick - Highly intelligent experts brought in to work on special projects for which expertise is more important than social skills.
Flies - Venture capitalist jargon for Internet start-ups: you give them some money, they buzz around for awhile, and then splat!, the market swats them into a greasy little stain.
Genetic Discrimination - To deny health insurance, health care, employment, or other opportunities and services to an individual who has a family history of genetic disease.
Laggot - A person with a poky Net connection who uses an online gaming service. Laggots are the focus of much frustration and hatred because they slow the pace of gameplay for other participants.
Microstar - A person who becomes well-known and well-loved, but only within a small media universe such as the Web, the zine scene, or cable access television.
A tip o’ the brain bucket to Tim Blain, Chris Fralic, and Lord Dragen.
This article originally appeared in the September issue of Wired magazine.
