The Geekspeak Lexicon: R

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RAD-vanced

(RAD·vanst) adj. 1. Capability of software developed through Rapid Application Development techniques to achieve obsolescence in a fraction of the time required for products developed in less efficient ways. 2. Descriptive of software or hardware sufficiently technologically advanced that average individuals are capable of using or operating it with the same level of incompetence as an expert. 3. Descriptive of software developed rapidly and cheaply enough to justify the hardware upgrade required to run it.

reagented

(ree·AY·jin·tud) adj. An alchemical process in which an idea, concept, commercial venture or product is transformed from solid asset to liquid excrement; the transformation is effected by filtering the asset through multiple agents, frequently using alcohol or gold as a catalyst.

recentralized

(ree·SEN·truh·lyzd) adj. 1. Descriptive of a resource or structure restored to where it should have been all along. 2. Descriptive of a thing loved so jealously that, if it is let go, must be retrieved by force since it will not return on its own.

rechoosable

(ree·CHOOZ·uh·bull) adj. 1. An item selectable from a comparable group whose shortcomings are least likely to offend, irritate or cause permanent damage. 2. An item identical in form and purpose to comparable items but incompatible with any other item but itself. 3. Descriptive of a consumer action or set of actions which is consistently repeatable once an appropriate bribe level has been determined.

recycle-ready

(ree·sy·kul·RED·ee) adj. phr. 1. Useless, but with the potential to be equally useless for a different purpose. 2. Time- and environment-friendly by virtue of its being suitable for disposal at the moment it is acquired. syn. en·vir·on·ment-read·y

rehittable

(ree·HIT·uh·bull) adj. 1. Descriptive of an Internet attraction of such extreme pointlessness or idiocy that visitors return to it repeatedly to confirm that their first visit was not a fatigue-induced hallucination. 2. Descriptive of a theoretical Internet attraction compelling enough to be worth a second visit.

rethinkproof

(REE·think proof) adj. 1. Ideally strategically aligned with 19th century business principles. 2. Proposed by management; sacrosanct. 3. A plan or strategy of such insane or irrational scope that it must be workable.

rich content

(ritsh KAWN·tuhnt). n. phr. 1. Kilobyte-laden Internet data saturated with audio and/or video to the point where it clogs Internet arteries when consumed; heavy corporate consumers often require a double or triple bypass of their existing Internet service provision arteries to restore healthy e-mail circulation. 2. Costly multimedia Internet material; ironic term which implies the poverty which inevitably results for the producer/provider of said content.

right-of-centered

(ryt·uv·SENT·urd) adj. phr. 1. Firmly grounded in a conservative orientation; unflappable in the face of any human suffering but one's own. 2. Possessed of an ego deserving of its own insurance policy.

rocket fuel

(ROK·ut·fyoo·ul) n. phr. The market niche in which a company or venture projects its most rapid early growth and premature self-destruction. 2. A substance which appears to resemble money but combusts when handled, frequently resulting in permanent damage and scarring to all nearby observers.

roverized

(ROW·vur·yzd) adj. Having acquired canine characteristics; transformed into a total dog.