Dot Snot An arrogant young dotcom executive inflated by the ease with which he or she has become wealthy.
Nap Lounge Workplace area with recliners and cots for employees to take brief midday naps, inspired by recent studies suggesting that 40 winks during the workday can improve productivity.
Virtual Season The online continuation of a canceled TV show. Fans organize a team of amateur producers and writers and post new episodes in teleplay form, often at the same day and time as the original program.
Margin of Prevarication Formula for measuring the degree to which one has to exaggerate a product's value to close a sale. Defined as MP = (p - a)/p where p is the inflated value and a is the actual value. If you say that a product has a value to your customer of $12 million when it's really worth $3 million, the MP is 0.75.
Tip o' the WWI campaign hat to Paul McFedries and Joe Ashbrook Nickell.
- Gareth Branwyn (jargon@wiredmag.com)
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