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13 July 2005

Lingo, make me smile! Draw down the revolvers...→[More:]
I pull volatilities, schedule amortization, and update FAS 133's all day. Some of the words I come across every day are sublime, some ridiculous. Anyone required to spout goofy words for their weekly paycheck (or to talk in riddles to get their degree)?
post by: Hugh Janus at: 11:21 | 38 comments
I used to work on the SAP system. The company was a sap for buying it. It was in a town called Solon, so all my e-mails came addressed to me as Shane; SOL. I really was SOL at that job. I tried to explain what I did there to many people, but only my friends ever got it: "You're the guy in charge of the WENUS!"

Something at the bottom of my computer screen always displayed the arcane sounding epithet "POC MAHAN," which always reminded me of the Irish phrase "Pog mo thoin," meaning my computer was constantly telling me to kiss its ass.
posted by shane 13 July | 11:37
In publishing we look at blues, wonder if the gutters are too big and have to figure out what to do with dead matter. We also have the always annoying phrase, "according to Chicago."
posted by Divine_Wino 13 July | 11:51
Actual sentence in memo at my old job: "ASAP, we need PDFs of the MTC TOD, ABAG TAZ, and CCC LUTP RFP's on the FCA FTP for the SCAG BoD pre-RFQ meeting re:MTA RFQ."

Needless to say shop talk was practically incomprehensible to anyone who didn't understand planner-speak.

[D_W, Spoon has a lyric that works in 'Chicago Manual of Style' and I got a bit giddy with geeky infatuation when I heard it. Heh. Dork.]
posted by Frisbee Girl 13 July | 12:03
Oh, we call damaged books, "hurts". I find that sad, in a nice way. We geek out on the regular over here.
posted by Divine_Wino 13 July | 12:18
Despite being in PR, profession of the stultifying phrase, we're pretty clear and comprehensible here at the office. On the other hand, some of our clients get pretty arcane and goofy -- try explaining an 80-lead ECG coupled with built-in algorhythmic diagnostic software in layman's terms.
posted by me3dia 13 July | 12:41
doncha love playing geek liason? i do except for the burn out
posted by ethylene 13 July | 13:05
I don't have any lingo anymore, but I get to talk to my husband in his (film crew) lingo, and interpret the internet for everybody. lol.
posted by taz 13 July | 14:36
Via RFI or RFP I recommend redundant J2EE middle-ware application delivery systems for use in an SOA. To show value I illustrate ROI via a POC based on a client countersigned SOW leveraging legacy infrastructure and proving connectivity via SOAP or P/S bus to BPM and to reporting or OLAP. The process always starts with a TAS plan.

During two hour conference calls with a bunch of folks talking like this I like to mute my phone and move around the room pretending to be a chimp.
posted by arse_hat 13 July | 15:19
Actual sentence in memo at my old job: "ASAP, we need PDFs of the MTC TOD, ABAG TAZ, and CCC LUTP RFP's on the FCA FTP for the SCAG BoD pre-RFQ meeting re:MTA RFQ."

Yikes. This actually makes some sense to me!

(*hunches shoulders, slinks away*)
posted by mmahaffie 13 July | 15:30
Aha! I believe I may have just outed an urban planner or civil engineer.
posted by Frisbee Girl 13 July | 16:12
and i need the help of a less than urban planner right now
posted by ethylene 13 July | 16:18
Wow, ethylene, that sure was an uncommonly cold welcome for the folks around here. I thought kicking people to the curb with surgical precision was MeFi's specialty.
posted by Frisbee Girl 13 July | 16:32
qua?
i actually have been looking for someone to help with plotting a small city planning issue. a new city planner has been appointed who knows not and cares not at all of anything. and it can't be called a city in any clear conscience.

so qua?
posted by ethylene 13 July | 16:38
Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly with some exceptions for reasons unknown but time will tell...

A misundertanding, no? Life is full of those, almost as if we are at war with our own brains.
posted by Divine_Wino 13 July | 16:44
Fris, i think you misread that as "urban" describing a characteristic of a person, which isn't what ethylene meant.

Miscommunication, that's all. Nobody meant any harm.
posted by mcgraw 13 July | 16:46
as divine wino has just correctly pointed out (i missed that on preview).
posted by mcgraw 13 July | 16:47
aww, you guys are are sweet
but we, like, know each other
from, like, mechat
it's this website
look andre is still alive aka amusing distraction
posted by ethylene 13 July | 16:51
My sincere apologies, ethylene, I had no way of gleaning that info from your remark, hence, the comment seemed terse, condescending and dismissive, qualities that are refreshingly absent here, or, at best reserved for seasoned online interactions.

Best of luck to you and yours in your search for an appropriate and effective community developer/planner. I know that process can be a brutal and bitter upward battle.

D_W: yes, exactly.

mcgraw gets bonus points for using 'Fris'.
posted by Frisbee Girl 13 July | 16:52
If all of you have quite finished stroking each others carrots I have a dull anecdote to tell.

I once got a confusing e-mail from my boss: "Could you move the ISM to the KVM nearest KHR"

To which I responded: "WTF?"
posted by dodgygeezer 13 July | 17:01
LOL!
posted by Frisbee Girl 13 July | 17:03
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posted by ethylene 13 July | 17:03
look, capn got a murse
posted by ethylene 13 July | 17:06
it's all lingo
posted by ethylene 13 July | 17:06
Divine Wino, is that from Pynchon? Gaddis? Not Joyce... what is that in italics?
posted by Hugh Janus 13 July | 17:10
let's just say joyce so i can start drinking
it's cocktail hour
let's hope audioblogger will heal itself
posted by ethylene 13 July | 17:27
crap, now i new englanded it so fast i can't link this in this thread
posted by ethylene 13 July | 17:40
just keep scrolling
http://letterstoelise.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/2005_04.html
posted by ethylene 13 July | 17:41
breaking the three in a row post rule (unless some mod wants ta remove that):
i am looking for some civil engineer type/city planneresque person to bounce ideas off/have the aid of in a speculative type of way to find solutions to a horrid bit of "progress" that has ruined what little small town charm there is to be had in a sad town.
should anyone be interested in the tinkering aspects of this, email me.
/serious
everyone else has today.
/joke
and take that badly if you wanna
i don't mind
/serious
man, and i thought Frisgirl and i were tight
*sigh*
/joke
posted by ethylene 13 July | 18:19
*launches cartoonish, Hobbes-like leap and tackle at ethylene*

Misunderstandings addressed and resolved pave the path to clearer communication and greater understanding, no? Yes! And I'm the last person to claim to perfectly understand and react 100% of the time. That would be a shit reputation to uphold.

I used to work for a fantastic urban and regional planning firm and half my in-law side of the family are still in the practice. They may have contacts in your area or suggestions for expediting the process. Feel free to email me details, if you'd like; I can't make promises on results, but I'd be more than happy to pass the info on. You never know....
posted by Frisbee Girl 13 July | 18:36
don't get all handsy now
naw, it's a spec
i guess i'm looking for more of somene who has an idle passion for it or room to spare
people who know you too well get rather slack on deadlines and such
sad when you want to work with friends
it's just very basic
i will probably try to acquire the available public info soon
posted by ethylene 13 July | 18:39
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posted by ethylene 13 July | 18:43
yay, geezer fixed it!
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will he forget us when he's famous?
posted by ethylene 13 July | 18:44
Aww, gosh!
posted by Frisbee Girl 13 July | 19:10
My best friend works as kind of a combo sysadmin/developer at a company where his job involves writing scripts to roll out software updates to the whole company. The software that needs to be included in the update is called a "package." One time he told me about a meeting where people sat around with a perfectly straight face saying "how big is your package?"
posted by matildaben 13 July | 21:10
I work for the government. We speak in acronyms. It's meant to confuse people, but it mostly just confuses us.
posted by dg 13 July | 23:25
driver eight, take a break
you'll be on your feet again
lingo me, baby
posted by ethylene 13 July | 23:29
Hugh
Sam Beckett, waiting for godot, lucky's speech, my favorite bit of nonsense ever.
posted by Divine_Wino 13 July | 23:34
No wonder it was familiar. Ever read William Gaddis' Agape Agape?
posted by Hugh Janus 14 July | 10:19
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