When you are working in an office and you need an excuse to make small talk with someone you meet at the printer to talk. Note this can be elaborated on for any other office equipment like scanners, photocopiers, fax etc.
Person 1: The boss is looking at us if you want to finish talking lets do some printer talk
Person 2: That sounds like a good idea i'll head over now.
when you go to do the prep you meant to when it’s slow on the line, only to have your ticket printer go the fuck off.
Yeah sorry Jason, I meant to prep your limes last night but ya know “schrödingers epson printer man.”
derogatory term for IT employees who think too highly of themselves
That Tony guy over in IT acts like he's God because he un-jams the Xerox every other day...I could do that printer monkey's job. I know how to use Google too.
If that printer monkey asks me if I restarted my laptop one more time I'm going to strangle him with my 5 ft USB cable.
dude that pizza last night? i put it in the printer.
printerism is the act of judging other printers for their capabilities or thinking that one printer is superior to all other printers
guy 1: Man this dumb printer wont work, my dad's printer is so much better
guy 2: Hey man that's printerism
When you see a really fit guy (or girl) and want to tell your friends without the attractive person knowing
Have you seen the printer over by the salad?
Guy: "Hey man have you seen my 'printer?'"
Guy 2: "Yeah. Earlier I took a pretty fat hit of your va... printer."
Guy 3: "Hey can y'all shut up and pass the printer?"
Guy 2: "Can't. We misplaced it."