geek lingo

For those of you who haven't been following my series on office slang that I think should to be incorporated into everyday vocabulary, welcome. For those of you who have been tuning in, welcome back.

The word of today is "Mouse Potato," which describes our culture's transcendence from TV addicts to internet addicts. For example: "I spent all of Sunday sitting at my desk being a Mouse Potato, so I really need to go to the gym and get out in the world today."

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If you really want to be geek chic, you have to be on top of all the latest office slang. Keeping up on your jargon will allow you to No. 1, proclaim yourself to be the resident alpha geek in the office with little complaint. No. 2, scare away any of your 404 coworkers. No. 3, keep everyone in your cubicle farm on their toes. We've already learned the A-C Office Slang terms you should know so it's time to extend our vocabulary so we can all get our geek on.

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If you've ever had a conversation with a tragically hip person and walked away wondering what the heck half the things they said mean, you understand how frustrating it is not knowing the coolest slang and lingo. It makes you feel old, unworldly, and out of the loop. How can you stay on top of your game? I am a fan of initiating jargon into conversations and using it until the people around me catch up. If you're interested in gaining some new office slang consider using geeky computer terms in casual conversation.

For example if you meet a cute associate at an office function and your co-worker asks if you are going to call them you can always be elusive and say you are going to "bookmark" that person for later. Not everyone wants to commit to speed dial after one meet and greet, right?

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