Urban Dictionary

A dictionary for the rest of us. A few examples:

Office Nazi: Any manager or manager wannabe that is constantly citing the rule book and forbiding fun behavior. Especially prominent in the IT industry.

"I was checking out UrbanDictionary.com when the office nazi caught me!"

Workahol: what workaholics are addicted to.

Desk: "Confucius say: Secretary not part of office furniture, unless screwed on desk"

Phone tennis: Describes a repeated failure of two people to establish verbal contact with other over the telephone, resulting in an alternating series of voicemail messages (or messages left with flatmates, etc), bouncing back and forth between the two parties.

Phone tennis: Is usually unintentional and frustrating. Though in exceptional circumstances could be used as a stalling tactic.

Most common where
1) either or both callers do not have a mobile phone
2) either or both mobiles are often switched off or unheard
3) either or both phones are often engaged
4) both caller have busy schedules
5) both callers know they are meant to have a difficult conversation but would prefer to avoid it

"I’ve been playing phone tennis with her all day, it’s getting ridiculous"

And I have added: (more to come later)

Design Victim: A design victim will decorate his or her house by the book, ie. follow the latest trends in magazines, tv shows etc… According to a design victim absolutely everything in their house should be designed: from the teapot (Alessi), to the toilet brush (Starck). The sole aim in life of the design victim is to have a magazine publish his or her interiors. Most relationships with design victims end up in divorce.

Example of a design victim’s dialogue: "Darling how many times do I have to tell you not to wear those red slippers in the bedroom, your suppose to walk bare-footed on a Karim Rashid rug!"

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