Buggin' Out Old military slang for "getting the hell outta here" now being applied to those planning to head for the hills to ride out the feared Y2K crisis.
Declutterist A professional who's called into an office or home to teach healthier organization habits.
Hook and Book Cable TV slang for the practice of hurriedly installing a customer's cable and leaving before testing the connection.
Programming in Word Euphemism for writing computer documentation. "I'm done with the coding, so I'll be programming in Word for the next few weeks."
Spin Doctors New spin on old slang: Nickname for the quantum-computer engineers who manipulate the spin directions of atoms to represent 1s and 0s.
Technical Butt-Sniffing Posturing of techies trying to determine who has the more impressive computer mojo.
Y2K Used sarcastically to refer to "forward-looking" fashion and ideas. "That outfit is so Y2K." From the abbreviation for the Year 2000 problem.
A tip o' the mushroom cap to Pam Bricker, Jim Leftwich, Laura Lemay, Brian Maggi, Robert Rossney, and Guy A. Royse.
- Gareth Branwyn (jargon@wiredmag.com)
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