KurtSteinerPL's definitions

fall-falling

a state of depression, lack of energy, bad mood and unwillingness to do anything, strongly connected with autumn/fall, raining and cold, windy weather; a kind of seasonal apathy that sometimes also covers winter (when winter looks more like autumn, without snow etc.)

Mark is a cheerful person, great to hang out with, but somehow his mood depends on the weather. When autumn starts, he is in a fall-falling state: does not want to go anywhere, walks around the house without any purpose etc.

by KurtSteinerPL September 29, 2009

CEO-spam

letters or e-mails from a CEO in your company/corporation where you can find all kinds of marketing bullshit, very general statements that have nothing to do with the real life and which offend the employees' inteligence

Paul: Have you checked your e-mail today?
Mike: No, why?
Paul: Well, you're gonna have a few laughs as there is some CEO-spam waiting for you.

by KurtSteinerPL April 23, 2011

no-comments-but-crisis policy

a policy and a way of dealing with one's company that has been widely in use since the media/banks/governments reported a financial crisis; it is a justification for various actions: staff reductions, cancelled payrise, lowered wages though none of these are necessary (because the company is doing well and needs no changes); it is a perfect explanation for everything if your general manager plans to fire some employees/cut wages and needs a good reason;

George: Crap, we're going to have staff reductions!
Will: What?
George: Yup, there were rumors, so we asked our boss about it, and despite good results of our company, half of us is going to be fired. We asked why and we heard that it was due to the financial crisis. End of story. Another example of no-comments-but-crisis policy.

by KurtSteinerPL September 16, 2009

don Clichote

someone who tries to be very orginal all the time and is obssesed with avoiding cliches and keeps correcting other people's words as he/she cannot stand cliches used by them, so his/her life seems to be devoted to the anti-cliche crusade only (the term refers to the character of don Quixote - the main protagonist of "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes);

Jerry: Mary said she would not get back to the modern poetry classes.
Craig: Why not?
Jerry: When she showed her poem to the teacher, he threw her out of the room for using some of the phrases. He claimed her poem was a bunch of cliches.
Craig: What a don Clichote!

by KurtSteinerPL November 12, 2011

celebriton

a famous British person, a British celebrity (from "celebrity" + "briton")

Frank: I saw Hugh Grant yesterday in Central Park.
Jen: This celebriton? No kidding!

by KurtSteinerPL August 20, 2011

fartmageddon

a fart that is so incredibly stinking and long-range that is seems to be almost apocalyptic

James: Oh damn! You have no shame, man!
Ben: What?
James: You shouldn't have eaten those beans, man! You wanna kill us? Oh, what a stench! It's a bloody fartmageddon you're doing here!

by KurtSteinerPL June 11, 2011

press rifle

(from PR - "public relations" and transformed into "press rifle") public relations practices from press releases that correct unfavorable statements to complex crisis management when PR specialists and managers need to act like a QRF - quick reaction force, not to leave the incident, rumor, claim or charge without comment, especially when the accusations made by the press (or media in general) are aggressive and require adequate response similar to counter-attack with precise and effective hit on the charge, thus similar to using a rifle;

The agency used the best of their press rifle practices to suppress the media chatter and counter the charges against the chairman of the company.

by KurtSteinerPL December 20, 2012