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...lexicon index... Last updated 22/11/02

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...free software... 16/07/11

Just Re-added 07/11: The Jargonizer Random Concept, Name and Phrase Generator (free software with source code; includes the infamous Band Name Generator mentioned (by me) on The Nervous Breakdown)

...buzzword of the year... 28/06/05

brand-ducking (BRAND·duk·ing). n. The practice of covering up brand identification markings on products with electrician's tape or duct tape; common among public figures in high tech circles who resent the fact that computing may be the only remaining profession in which its brightest stars still pay for the tools of their trade. etym. from Duck, a brand of duct tape named for the defensive action one takes when a roll of it is hurled in one's direction by an irate network administrator. Also brand black·ing, black-tap·ing

Content is currently limited to The Geekspeak Lexicon, which currently contains over 300 of the most-requested terms and definitions. Additional resources planned in 2002 are, regrettably, vaporware...but the Jargonizer is for real.

This leg of the site is dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal, Internet geeks and marketing communicators somewhat less so, and as a consequence, the rest of us must work a little harder to understand these unfortunate souls.

This site was originally intended as a commercial venture, buzzable.com, and was mothballed in late 2000 for reasons which should be obvious to anyone with a firing synapse. buzzable's mandate was to help improve the quality of interpersonal communications in the Internet age by educating the public on the devolving language of its most avid practitioners...and failing that, to have a laugh at the public's expense.

I didn't get where I am by being nice.

Hey, wait a second...actually, now that I think about it, I did get where I am by being nice.

Go fuck yourself.