reorg

A company reorganization, usually involving the firing of a number of employees and promotion of others to the point of uselessness. Often used as a futile measure when a company is about to tank.

Bobco went through a reorg last year, they promoted all of their middle management to management and fired all of the previous managers in a futile attempt to regain stockholder trust.

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mash

To click on something or push a button.

Usually used in the deep south.

I type in my user name and password then I mash on Log In.

I mashed on the doorbell.

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scroller

A bit of code that makes words travel accross the screen, usually found in a demo or intro.

I put particle scroller in my invitro for Assembly '02.

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loop you in

To CC someone on a message so that they may keep up with the thread. Sometimes involves making up an excuse to reply on a thread just to get someone in the loop.

I noticed you weren't on the email thread regarding the reorg project so I'll loop you in.

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plastics

Banker jargon for credit or debit cards. Usually used in the plural form even when referring to a single card.

Also used as a derogatory term for small-balance credit card holders by those who work in customer care for banks.

The more plastics we put in the hands of consumers the more revenue we generate.

The customer requested new plastics after having cut up their existing ones.

Hold on, I've got a plastic on the phone.

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iWant

iWant describes the urge that Apple customers have to be the first to see, touch, buy, own and use Apple products with partial or total disregard for the product's actual market value, total cost of ownership, usefulness in comparison to similar products on the market and/or other important factors that one would normally consider when making a purchasing decision. May be caused exclusively by or by a combination of peer pressure, charismatic leadership, in-vertising and/or viral marketing.

Consumers of with this predisposition are commonly subjected to the Hippy Tax.

Jerry caved in to iWant and bought the iPhone instead of a more practical and functional Smartphone.

James paid a $200 iWant fee when he bought his iPhone on opening day.

It must have been the iWant that made Kerry pay an extra thousand dollars for an aluminum case and an Apple logo on top of a $400 Intel PC.

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swoop and squat

Such an operation typically involves two cars driven by suspects who box in a victim’s car on a freeway, causing a collision. The scam participants then file fraudulent insurance claims for alleged injuries.

The Insurance Commissioner on Wednesday announced the arrest of the suspected ringleader of a major operation that has allegedly staged more than 60 swoop and squats over the past 18 months, bilking insurers and consumers out of $2 million to $3 million.

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