Furry Trout's definitions
I went into the men’s room this afternoon and the back stall contained a zombie bowl. There was so much paper draped around the thing, I was afraid whatever lay beneath might re-animate if disturbed.
by Furry Trout December 14, 2012
Get the Zombie Bowlmug. When your boss decides to manage up by taking on more responsibility than the department has a reasonable expectation of completing, and then dumps the work on his/her subordinates which is followed by an expeditious dive into his/her office to avoid the pending fallout.
Can you believe Jeff’s latest dump and dive? There’s no way we’re going to be able to get all that done without installing a shower and some Murphy beds in the office.
by Furry Trout April 5, 2010
Get the Dump and Divemug. The process of assuming the lingual practice of using too many adjectives to describe something, which stems from spending too much time either in an offshore subcontinent office or conversing with individuals from said office.
Mike demonstrated that his indiafication is nearing completion when he described his latest privacy issue as “surprising, jaw-dropping, shocking really” at the seniors meeting today.
by Furry Trout February 19, 2012
Get the Indiaficationmug. Someone who, in a conversation, can’t stop using adjectives to describe something, even after the sentence has gone grammatically awry
Red Fraggle is such an overdescriber. Today she was on the phone with a client and actually said “it's still kinda the same activity a little bit like this kind of” when she was comparing today’s activity to previous activity.
by Furry Trout May 12, 2010
Get the Overdescribermug. Successfully botching or combining two cliché’s into one new phrase that makes no sense, but still allows the listener to understand the intended platitude.
Jeffrey coined another classic amalgamadage today. We were talking about trying to minimize the aggravation our customer was experiencing, and he blurts out, “Spite my nose of the very hand that feeds us.” It was an incredible blend of “Cut off your nose despite your face” and “Bite the hand that feeds you.” I was rendered speechless, yet still managed to take copious notes.
by Furry Trout July 12, 2011
Get the Amalgamadagemug. The excrutiating pain a man receives when his boss cancels a meeting that would have the boss offsite for the remainder of the afternoon
Glenn got Blue Boss'd when Jeff canceled his meeting in the city. Now he has to deal with him the rest of the afternoon.
by Furry Trout February 8, 2010
Get the Blue Bossmug. A condition reached after much initial exuberance about the prospect of hiring additional staff, only to be worn down by a plethora of mediocre, under-qualified or part-time insane candidates, leaving the interviewer with the beer goggle equivalent mentality that even a sub-par candidate late in the system has some great appeal that derives more from a desire to get the process completed than from finding the correct person to hire
Jim is definitely experiencing Interview Fatigue Syndrome. The last candidate he wanted to hire actual wore green socks outside his suit pants.
by Furry Trout November 25, 2010
Get the Interview Fatigue Syndromemug.