35 definitions by jevanyn

eating your own dog food

To use one's own product or service. Originally applied to software companies using their own software in-house, the meaning can extend to any situation that might impose some burden on customers, clientele, constituency, co-workers, etc.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) proposed an amendment requiring members of Congress and their staffs to buy health insurance on the exchanges they are setting up, forcing lawmakers to get insurance the same way some of their constituents will. In some circles, this is known as "eating your own dog food."

-- from electoral-vote.com, 14 Oct 2009

A (historical) example of -not- eating your own dog food would be Microsoft developers using IBM's OS/2 operating system while developing Windows software because it was more stable than their own operating system (Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 at the time).

by jevanyn October 14, 2009

Player 2

Geek speak for "significant other"

My gf and I play Wii together, so I started calling her my Player 2.

by jevanyn February 8, 2011

texty texterton

Somebody who does nothing but txt all day.

Joe: blah blah blah Twitter blah blah blah TFLN blah blah blah YouTube

Frank: @Joe, you're such a texty texterton, you do nothing but twitter all day!!

by jevanyn December 30, 2010

acrotwins

two phrases with the same acronym are acrotwins.

Standing on the Side of Love, and Spanish as a Second Language, are acrotwins.

by jevanyn July 14, 2010

elite speak

A style of speech, intended to identify one as (over) educated, literate, erudite. Tends to make one sound like a snob. Includes use of words like "shall", "whom", "endeavor" instead of "try", "ergo" instead of "therefore", spelling out "et cetera" instead of using "etc.", etc.

Normal: I will see you later.
Elite speak: I shall see you later.

Normal: I've been sick lately.
Elite speak: I've not felt well of late.

by jevanyn April 1, 2010

Twaiku

1. The practice of tweeting in haiku
2. Any such tweet

Japanese poem
Hundred forty letters, tops.
This is a twaiku

by jevanyn September 8, 2010

relief bitcher

Someone who bitches on behalf of someone else who is unable to continue bitching for themselves.

You know it's a bitchfest when one bitch gets tired, storms out of the room, and someone else takes it upon themselves to keep bitching in their behalf, like they're some kind of relief bitcher. A regular Mariano Bitch-vera or John Papel-bitch.

by jevanyn September 3, 2009