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Definitions by little-miss can't do wrong

brown shoe

substitute for bless you, used only after the first sneeze.

since the ears take a few seconds to adjust after the pressure change, everyone will hear bless you instead. people nearby won't expect to hear it, but won't say anything if they do.

if the person sleezes a second time, revert to bless you and anyone who thought they heard brown shoe will think they're losing it... ;)~
they: ahhhhhh-chooo!
you: brown shoe
they: thank you
other: (thinks they heard brown shoe, but not sure enough to say anything)

EntrepreNERD 

An enterprising individual, whose superior technical ability often clouds the presentation to 'normal people' of an otherwise inspiring solution to a frequently infuriating problem.
Steve: "If you just tweak this bit of code, then..."
Human: "Dude! You're such an EntrepreNERD. How DID you know that?"
Steve: "RTFM"

(Note: The use of the name 'Steve' is not directed at a specific individual, but the name does crop-up so frequently in IT, it's uncanny...)

outsourcing 

cheating on your partner, typically when your current partner doesn't give you what you need.
buddy: 'outsourcing again?'
he: 'yeah, she swallows...'

also,

buddy: 'outsourcing again?'
she: 'yeah, he has a car'

doin' a paul mc cartney 

when a man reaching middle-age seeks to convince his family that a girl nearer his kids age is his ideal bride. regardless of the inevitable protests offered up by his family and friends, he then defies them all - only to regret it later.
"dude, you're doin' a paul mc cartney dude"

Windows FP 

Windows FP (aka: Windows Fisher Price), is the successor to Windows 2000.

Also known as 'Windows XP'. This was the last stand of a dying corporation to save itself, from itself. The interface was designed by the team who delivered the Apple Macintosh almost twenty years earlier, but is neither as stable, nor as easy to use.

Windows FP was seen by many as an attempt to make the Windows OS more Mac-like. However, with a GUI incapable of smooth transitions, the results appear more like melted-candy corn than the inimitable Mac OS X that it tries so hard to be.

Visual cues apparently have been taken from the local kindergarden. Everything is either big, lurid, or unnecessary (sometimes all three). Plagued with problems throughout, it's party-piece was it's ability to crash all by itself.
Me: "Dude, is that your lil' bro's toy you rollin'?"
You: "No dude, it's my new Windows FP"
Popular since the release of the 2000 film 'Snatch'. The term is used to celebrate the successful use of cheese in removing a large diamond from a dog, without the need for a gun.
"cheese is flawless"
Formerly known as SPAM. The SPASM is a contemporary emotion personified by the uncontrollable grimacing that results from receiving the first junk mail of the day...
Buddy: "Jeez, I thought you were gonna rattle off yer chair?!?!"
Victim: "Nah, I just got m'self a beef-jerky-viagra-kind-of-a-vibe..."
Buddy: "Any good?"
Victim: Er... Nope. Just' a lil' SPASM..."