Under-Utilized Office Terms
I’m in a different world.
Yesterday I wore jean capris to work and didn’t feel guilty about it! At the law firms it would have been grounds for dismissal, or at least grounds for dirty looks.
Since I’ve been here, my head has been turned around in general conversation. I’m taking a crash course in a new language. I’ve listed some quotes below. What do you think they mean?
“Ping me on Monday.”
“This is a dog food distribution group.”
“He’s on the cc line due to “oops” status.”
“She’s an A dash, she’ll only be here a few months.”
posted by Honey Hair at
10:30 AM
9 Comments:
"oops" - Don't you mean "oof" Out Of Office? It would make sense to cc: an OOF person in that case.
Microspeak is well-known and unfortunately cherished. A lot of people think I talk like a robot because I picked up so many phrases from the company that I thought everyone "just knew."
6/02/2005 7:10 PM
oof does sound like oops... so perhaps that's what the person was implying. Next question, why isn't "Out Of Office" OOO rather than OOF?
6/03/2005 9:46 AM
I don't think there is a "reason" why OOF is OOF rather than OOO. My suspicion is because saying "ooo" sounds silly :-)
6/03/2005 11:22 AM
ohhhhhh
6/03/2005 11:25 AM
Ping = computer network tool for TCP/IP networks = test whether host is operating properly.
Just ask those geeks about love and there faces will melt.
6/06/2005 10:55 AM
capris are the future! this kid just won the french open wearing them and also appeared to be guilt free.
6/06/2005 10:59 AM
I knew nothing of this language please tell me more! :) Love that everyone else knows what the crap is up though!
JMK
6/06/2005 1:27 PM
As for the other two microspeak terms not mentioned:
Dogfooding is using your own product, testing it out before customers have it.
A dash refers to your MS alias which starts with, ironically enough, an "a-", because you are a temp employee.
It took me a few months to get used to all the Microspeak terms. You are only just scratching the surface.
BTW I'm pretty sure my face would not melt if you asked me about love.
6/07/2005 8:15 AM
Oh yeah, so the 'dashes'
a- is for Contract employees (ex. Volt)
v- is for Vendor employees (ex. Kelly)
t- is for interns
Are there others? I think that's it.
6/14/2005 8:51 PM
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