The Geekspeak Lexicon: G

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Gates tax

(GAYTZ taks). n. phr. 1. The portion of a personal computer's purchase price which is paid to offset the cost of Microsoft's legal defense team. 2. The portion of any bill for services rendered on a Windows PC which covers the cost of time lost to Windows system crashes, software updating and administrator psychotherapy. rel. double-Billing v. phr. The practice of adding Gates tax to an invoice for work done on Windows PCs.

globestrapping

(GLOWB·strap·ung) adj. Giving the illusion of instantly serving a massive global market consisting of the entire world. v. The act of launching a venture, service, concept or application in the global marketplace in a manner that instantly fails to serve users of all nationalities.

God-requested

(GAWD·ruh·kwest·ud) adj. 1. Descriptive of a mandate which is nonsensical or unenforceable but which nonetheless must be adopted at the insistence of management or a chief investor. 2. Descriptive of a management or board request which is to be ignored at all costs or, at worst, given attention only when the venture is on its deathbed.

gonadcentric

(goh·nad·SEN·truk) adj. 1. Of a thing, appealing to the lowest common denominator; base; sexual or sexualized in a gender-indeterminate way. 2. Of a person, denoting dominant qualities oriented around things base and sexual; in a female, upwardly-mobile; in a male, likely to become a civil liability.