yet another josh cohen's definitions

manage expectations

corporate doublespeak for "we don't want to do our best, so let's make sure people think we're doing our best without revealing that we're not doing our best" -- anything in which you have to "manage expectations" means you could probably devote more time and effort to making things better, but you just don't feel like it

Marketing has to manage expectations of our new software package so that the boss doesn't make us do any more work.

by Yet Another Josh Cohen January 13, 2007

reboot your face

to shave off a beard that one has had for a very long time, surprising family, friends, and co-workers

Vicki: "Did you reboot your face or something?"

You: "I shaved off the beard two days ago. You just noticed?"

by Yet Another Josh Cohen January 23, 2008

pancake

1. Comedian Mitch Hedberg refered to "pancaking" as starting out strong, but then halfway through your act, the audience is sick of you. Kind of like when you eat a lot of pancakes; they're great at first, but by the end you're like "jeez, that's too much".

2. Street for "crack". (See Family Guy)

1. Most "featured" comedians -- not headliners, but the people who come before them -- pancake halfway through their act.

2. "Pancakes." -Stewie

by Yet Another Josh Cohen August 23, 2006