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post #31 of 44
8/8/12 at 1:24pm

Faculty Meeting - Self explanatory in workplace, or when you and your friends meet in the trees to....

 

Stomped - You nailed your presentation

 

Spinning laps - working on two projects at the same time in different parts of the building

 

Gate bashing - weaving in and out of cubicles between the two departments

 

New School - The new guy fresh off his college internship

 

Old School - The owners flesh and blood that has been there since the company started

 

Caught an edge - rolled your ankle stepping out of your car in the parking lot

 

Traditional Mount - A memo posted on a bulletin board by the time clock

 

Center Mount - Mass email memo sent to everyone in all departments, even irrelevant ones

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post #32 of 44
8/8/12 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by gregmerz View Post

Line up:  Every office has a small subset of people who have to stand around, on the clock, at the start of each day recounting mindless stuff that occurred since the end of the last shift.
 

 

A better name for that would be the peanut gallery.

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post #33 of 44
8/8/12 at 3:17pm

Rope drop:  When a vendor rep brings in food or a box of donuts it's like the patrol has just dropped the ropes after an overnight dumpage.

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post #34 of 44
8/8/12 at 3:38pm

powder day: that's pretty much what it is..  Example Greg did not come into work this AM, he called it a powder day.

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post #35 of 44
8/8/12 at 7:02pm

Here is the "theatre teacher version"

 

Yard Sale - everyday at the end of the period when the bell rings

Powder Day - those days when the half the class is absent for an important tech rehearsal and it really is snowing outside.

Core Shot - when the students ask "are we doing anything important today?"

Quiver - their response to the look I give them following the "Core Shot" question.

Groomer - Mr. GQ and Ms. Vogue who have the nerve to question my costuming decisions

Line Up - the program for the show

Wind Hold - what I would prefer they do in close quarters backstage!

Full Rocker - the overly cool kid; every class has one!

Weekend Warrior - stage parents who took theatre in high school

Avalanche - my job everyday!

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post #36 of 44
8/8/12 at 10:54pm

Hot box - meeting room with the video conference equipment, always reserved by someone else

Piste - general office area inhabited by gapers (office plankton)

Off-piste - hangout place, not frequented by the management


Edited by VladL - 8/8/12 at 11:06pm
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post #37 of 44
8/8/12 at 11:28pm
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First tracks: Being the first to use a toilet in the morning…i.e. the seat is up from being cleaned

This one's great

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post #38 of 44
8/9/12 at 9:04am

A Pilot's guide to work ski-isms....

 

Corduroy - Smooth ride

 

Crud - Light Chop

 

Moguls - Turbulence

 

Greased it - Smooth landing

 

Pop off the lip - Rotated too fast on takeoff

 

Ski Patrol - FAA

 

Lift Ticket - Landing Fee

 

White Out - 500 RVR / Below Mins

 

Night Skiing - Cargo Flying

 

Weekend Warriors - Southwest Passengers

 

Float - What the Flight Attendant does if you rapidly enter a descent

 

Camber - The relative curve between the upper and lower surface of a wing

 

Riding Switch - Being pushed back from the gate

 

Low Light Lens - HUD....Heads up Display

 

Trail Map - Sectional Chart/Low Enroute Chart/High Enroute Chart

 

Altitude Sickness - Depressurization/Hypoxia

 

Dropping Corbets - Landing an airliner in Aspen and/or Sun Valley

 

Level 1 Instructor - Private Certificate

 

Level 2 Instructor - Commercial Certificate

 

Level 3 Instructor - Airline Transport Pilot Certificate

 

On Piste - Victor Airway

 

Off Piste - Radar Vectors

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post #39 of 44
8/9/12 at 10:53am
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Originally Posted by FujativeOCR View Post

A Pilot's guide to work ski-isms....

 

 

 

Slush - Density Altitude

 

Trail Map - Dalton Dead Rekoner

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post #40 of 44
8/9/12 at 11:16am

Oh another Pilot one....

 

Sluff - Wake Turbulence
 

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post #41 of 44
8/9/12 at 11:27am
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Originally Posted by prickly View Post

This one's great

 

Of course the flip side of that is tracked out.  And the dreaded closed trail...but with a little patience you get some freshies.

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post #42 of 44
8/9/12 at 11:45am

Inversion - when the boss takes a pay cut while his employees get a bonus. 

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post #43 of 44
8/9/12 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by FujativeOCR View Post

 

Caught an edge - rolled your ankle stepping out of your car in the parking lot

 

winning

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post #44 of 44
8/12/12 at 5:33pm
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Yard Sale... hit "reply all" instead of just replying to one or two insiders when sending something less than appropriate for the general public. Also applies to IM windows.

VERY funny. 

 

Surface Hoar: Every office has one

Free refills: The client who calls you back asking if you'll sell him even more work, without you doing anything!

Slack-country: On a project you are the guy/girl who lazily loafs under the radar but does one very easy thing that gets attention and makes you look a hero.

Chinese Downhill: The way one needs to approach the rush-hour commute home..especially in horrible traffic cities like I live in (DC)

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