The Geekspeak Lexicon: E

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early adopter

(ur·lee uh·DAWP·tur). n. phr. 1. An individual or organization willing to pay a premium for the privilege of being among the first to suffer loss or damage from a technological innovation. 2. Individual or organization selected for early access to a product or service based on the amount they are willing to pay for the privilege of voiding any claim of liability. 3. Specially-bred human equivalent of the laboratory rat; raised in carefully-controlled environments known as test mar·kets.

e-deco

(ee·DEK·o) n. 1. Artistic design genre inspired by web page development whose ethos involves fostering the feeling of having left one's youth, individuality and common sense on a long-forgotten desktop. adj. 2. Literally or figuratively papered with worthless share certificates.

egosurfing

(EE·gow·sur·fing) n. The self-abusive practice of entering one's name in Internet search engines to discover precisely how few websites actually mention it.

Eurosized

(YOO·row·syzd) adj. 1. Sized to meet the real demands of the European market; i.e. identical to an American equivalent in all respects but units of measurement. 2. Reduced in size or complexity to meet the demands of a less sophisticated European market; i.e. sized according to American research. 3. Increased in size and complexity to meet the demands of a more sophisticated European market; i.e. sized according to European research.