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    from buzzwhack.com:


    chimping: The "ooooh! ooooh!" sound made by people when they spot a good photo while reviewing the images on the back of their digital cameras.

    defenestration: A 17th-century word that means "to throw someone or something out the window."

    deja moo: The nagging feeling that you've heard this bull before.

    docusoap: A term that appears to more accurately describe the genre known as "Reality TV."

    dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

    duck shuffler: Just when you get all your "ducks in a row," a duck shuffler comes along and rearranges them for you.

    fat-fingered: To hit the wrong button, key, etc., when dialing or typing, as in, "Here's the correct URL. I fat-fingered it the first time."

    frying spam: The increasingly time-consuming morning ritual of deleting spam from your inbox.

    ham: Legitimate e-mail messages that get filtered in your attempt to separate the "real meat" from the spam.

    hoovering: The fine art of sucking up.

    jitterati: What the digital generation becomes after sipping one too many cups of Starbucks.

    keepage: The opposite of garbage.

    knee-mail: Religion's effort to give prayer a modern, high-tech image, as in "God answers knee-mail."

    kudo loop: The endless e-mail loop that occurs when people in the office feel they must add their two cents to a "Great Job!" company-wide e-mail from the boss.

    mouse potato: A person who spends hour upon hour staring into his or her computer screen.

    moved to Atlanta: Reference to Web pages that can't be found and generate a 404 File Not Found error message. ("404" is also the area code for Atlanta).

    multi-slacking: The act (or art) of performing multiple nonproductive tasks (talking on the phone, watching TV and surfing the Web) at once.

    vuja day: The distinct feeling you've NEVER been here (or heard this) before.

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    Nellie, those were awesome!! I am definitely a multi-slacking mouse potato! :chat:

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    • #3
      Oh gosh, my sister is notorious for chimping and it drives me nuts!

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