Midas Presence

The tendency of any computer problem to be instantly fixed when anyone above a certain technical proficiency stands within a certain radius of the malfunctioning equipment

User: Whenever I try to configure my printer, it never.... hay, it's working fine. I promise I wasn't making it up...

Tecchie: It's OK. Just Midas Presence kicking in...

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Egg Wang

A nickname for 30 St Mary Axe, a building in Central London, well known for it's unusual shape.

The name comes from both it's phallic outline, and the fact it looks like a spaceship Robotnik would build.

It is also been nicknamed the "Erotic Gherkin", for similar reasons

"we're near London - I can see the tip of the egg wang"

Squirrel Server

Humours mis-pronunciation of SQL Server, used either ironically or for speed between tecchies.

"Why's the server running Slow?"
"Squirrel Server's taken up all the resources"

"omg, you run your mission critical on Microsoft Squirrel? Are you insane"

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red ringed

Slang for a broken xbox, taken from the "Red Ring of Death", where the ring of lights around the power button turn red, indicating the type of fault.

"Wanna play Halo 3?"
"Can't - my 360 red ringed"

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Kickroll

Kickstarter Rickroll: Being taken in by a dubious or over-ambitious Kickstarter campaign

"Man, I Can't wait for my new hoverboard to arrive"
"Dude, you've just been Kickroll'd - that will never work."

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wiithernet

Wii Ethernet: Nickname of the Wii's wired network adapter

"wanna play brawl online?"
"Sure - I'll get the wiithernet set up"

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morbid curiosity

When curiosity and common sense collide: Enquiring further about a subject when you know you really don't want to know the answer

"You would not believe what we did last night in the bedroom"
"I really don't want to know, but morbid curiosity has got the better of me..."

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