Definitions by floatingsidewalk
Creditbeggar
A corporate creature who survives by harvesting recognition from other people’s work and presenting it as their own contribution. Thrives in meetings, recaps, and executive updates where attribution gets just blurry enough to rewrite history.
I built the whole prototype, and somehow Jules summarized it to leadership like it was his vision. Total creditbeggar.
Creditbeggar by floatingsidewalk April 16, 2026
Gallovanization
The act of grounding an over-ambitious plan in reality through blunt, people-first leadership—cutting scope, clarifying ownership, and forcing alignment until something actually ships without blowing up the org.
We walked into the meeting with a 40-slide “transformational AI platform” pitch, and Andrew turned it into pure Gallovanization—three bullets, one owner, and something we could actually deliver this quarter while maintaining reasonable work-life balance.
Gallovanization by floatingsidewalk April 16, 2026
Ai-splaining
The confident act of explaining AI strategy, roadmaps, or “transformational vision” without having built, deployed, or even meaningfully broken a model—typically powered by vibes, buzzwords, and one impressive demo that definitely wasn’t cherry-picked.
Also known as:
“Prompt-based leadership,” “PowerPoint overfitting,” or “I read one blog post and now we need a platform.”
Also known as:
“Prompt-based leadership,” “PowerPoint overfitting,” or “I read one blog post and now we need a platform.”
Matt is Ai-splaining our entire AI platform strategy after watching two keynote videos, proposed replacing three production systems with “an agent,” and somehow left with a bigger budget.
Ai-splaining by floatingsidewalk April 16, 2026
Citizen Dev
A non-professional developer empowered with AI, tutorials, and low-code tools to rapidly build “solutions” that appear impressive, function intermittently, and can’t be maintained. Known for creating five new systems instead of fixing one, solving simple problems with maximum architectural creativity, and introducing just enough risk to keep the security team employed indefinitely.
John went full citizen dev on ZebraBuddy, delivering a “quick fix” that technically works, practically breaks everything else, and officially becomes everyone else’s problem.
Citizen Dev by floatingsidewalk April 15, 2026
Ricsplaining
The wholesome act of over-explaining something in an enthusiastic, thorough, and genuinely helpful way. Unlike condescending forms of over-explanation, ricsplaining comes from a place of excitement and care—the person genuinely wants you to succeed and understand every detail. Often accompanied by analogies, encouragement, and the phrase "and here's the cool part..."
A ricsplainer believes knowledge is a gift worth wrapping carefully.
A ricsplainer believes knowledge is a gift worth wrapping carefully.
He apologized for ricsplaining, but I could tell it came from excitement—he just really wanted me to get it.
The ricsplaining was so enthusiastic and wholesome that by the end, I not only understood the problem—I felt emotionally supported by the solution.
The ricsplaining was so enthusiastic and wholesome that by the end, I not only understood the problem—I felt emotionally supported by the solution.
Ricsplaining by floatingsidewalk January 13, 2026
Rictastic
The clutch move of corralling mismatched experts—compliance, legacy ops, and a startup wildcard—into a single, frictionless sprint that ships AI breakthroughs ahead of schedule. No ego, no fluff, just rapid-fire alignment that turns silos into a unified pipeline, delivering clean, production-ready wins without a single missed beat—like a rock guitar genius bending time and strings to make impossible solos sound inevitable.
That was Rictastic-yesterday these folks from three continents had never shared oxygen, today they’re shipping federated AI projects like a house on fire.
Rictastic by floatingsidewalk November 10, 2025
Donatitude
The delusional bravado of undershooting the mark while flexing like a hall-of-famer—fueled by confidence that outstrips competence 3:1. Favorite move: slapping “security” on everything like a get-out-of-jail-free card, whether the threat’s real or just a turf moat.
Alan and Aaron were showing a lot of donatitude in that meeting with our partners—talking identities, gateways, and firewalls like they invented the internet, while the demo barely loaded.
Donatitude by floatingsidewalk November 10, 2025