Slacking and Jack

the act of putting something off (usually skipping a class) to go masturbate

Friend 1: "dude where were you? there was a math test that was 90% of our grade!"
Friend 2: "Oh I was slacking and jacking"
Friend 1: "oh ok that makes sense"

Slack circle

When several people mute a channel on Slack in order to avoid notifications on a specific topic, but people writing about the topic are aware that several people have muted the channel. So they post it in another or several other channels about it, which will also end up being mutated. Each iteration of this circle will increase the number of channels those people will need to post to and the number of channels being mutated by the majority.

- "The only messages we ever have in the 'news' channel is Sarah's weather comments."
- "I know, I muted that channel!"
- "Yeah me too, but she realized that a lot of people did. So now she post on the 'news' and 'random' channels to be sure her comments are seen."
- "Oh no, I'll mute this one too. It's the Slack circle" 😞

slack nirvana

a mental state where you no longer feel guilty for not having responded to messages your co-workers have sent you on Slack. you reach this state after sheer exhaustion and burn out, typically.

I knew I was contributing so much, and I was on the verge of burn out. The fact that I attained Slack nirvana is helping me stay calm for longer.

slack cow

Someone that can't be bothered to finish the job.

Megan is such a slack cow

Circle of Slack

When many users mute a channel on Slack to avoid useless notifications, but the authors have noticed. So they post on others channels to make sure those users received the notifications. In the long run, those others channels will also endup being muted, since they now throw useless notifications.

Each iteration of this circle increase the number of channels the authors need to post to and the number of muted channels by the users.

- "People only post memes in #news"
- "I know, I muted that channel."
- "Me too, but they realized it! Now they post in #news, #global and #admin to be sure we see them."
- "Oh no, I'll mute those too."

- "It's the circle, the circle of slack" 🎵🦁👑🎵

Slack word

another term for "slang"

servo is a slack word for service station

Slack Separation Anxiety

The anxious feeling you get when you should be working and online but are in fact not actively working, namely that someone might be trying to reach you via Slack and you will be unable to respond to them or provide what they need in that moment. Which, of course, will immediately get you fired.

Common symptoms: Ghost phone vibration, thinking you heard a slack ping, etc

I have Slack Separation Anxiety so I don't stray too far from my laptop during the day.