The Geekspeak Lexicon: I

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id mode

(ID·mowd) n. phr. 1. Base, animal and instinctual; the lowest level of creativity beyond which it is neither safe nor profitable to rise. 2. The safest and most potentially profitable of all creative modes applied in any marketing situation.

infotainment

(in·fow·TAYN·munt). n. 1. Educational information heavily wrapped in entertainment or repackaged as amusement, typically as a means of concealing the horrific nature of the information itself e.g. world news delivered by a naked model. 2. Distasteful information treated in a glamorized fashion e.g. hemorrhoid treatment jingles performed by boy-bands.

incented

(in·SENT·ud) adj. 1. Having already received incentive or motivation, and thus resentful of having to earn that which one already possesses. 2. Possessed of a consuming desire to drive one's competitor or enemy to bankruptcy. 3. Cognizant of the proximity of one's perceived value to zero.

innovation fatigue

(in·noh·VAY·shun fuh·teeg). n. phr. 1. A weakening effect in financial structures that results from repeated upgrade stress. 2. Pathological dispassion or apathy marked by the lack of ability to react to hype; tired of the same new thing.

irrefutable

(eer·ruh·FYOOT·uh·bull) adj. 1. Descriptive of a fact, principle or logical inference which has been disproven by as-yet-unpublished data. 2. Descriptive of any false or illogical statement made by a well-armed or exceptionally wealthy individual. 3. Descriptive of any fact, principle or logical inference put forth by management or network administration.

i theft

(I·thefd) n. 1. Assumption of another individual's identity through the acquisition of their vital documents and personal information, usually with the intent of having more fun with it than the original owner. 2. Surreptitious depersonalization, esp. when done by a machine or bureaucracy. 3. Theft of something trivial or poorly understood e.g. source code.