By Gareth Branwyn (jargon@wiredmag.com)
Jithead An international transportation term used to describe people who order goods on a "just in time" basis and then freak out when told that they didn't order early enough. "That jithead should have placed his order a month ago."
Diaper Change One of several daily visits by a tech-support person to the desk of a particularly cranky, lazy, or technically incompetent user. "Sorry I was late, but I had to do a diaper change down in Accounting."
Lapjacking The increasingly common practice, especially in airports, of stealing unattended laptop computers.
Lovejob Graphics service bureau slang for a file that an art director obsessively wants output in every possible variation. "Yeah, I know we're ripping it to the Iris proofer for the ninth time. This one's a lovejob."
Multislacking When an employee has two browser windows open, a nonwork-related site on top of a productive one, and quickly clicks on the legitimate site whenever the boss is nearby.
Packet-centric A growing focus in the telecom industry away from voice-dominant (circuit-centric) networks and toward IP packet networks as the future delivery system for combined data and telephony.
Tip o' the camouflage hunting hat to Judith Bookbinder, Warren S. Levine, and David Lipton.
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