Select Glossary of Specialist Terms
(As used in the Weaselworld of Today)

Abbreviations

AM/E

arcane measure interpretable only by economists

Bu/CT

business/commercial term

Bu/CSl

business/commercial slang

CT

computer term

CSl

computer slang

Sl

slang (general use)

abbrev.

abbreviation

adj.

adjective

gen.

generic term

Lat.

Latin

n.

noun

p.c.

politically correct

pl.

plural

ref.

in reference to

s.a.

see also

sing.

singular

usu.

usually

v.

verb

A

arcanatillion (AM/E)
(s.a. crypticrillion)

a trillion trillion trillion trillion

ashes-on-the-roses(Bu/CSl)

(of goal in business) 110% achieved

B

bad (sl)

good

bug (CT)

mouse

C

confident (Bu/CT

bullying, overbearing

cranially underfurnished
(Sl p.c.)

cretinous, moronic

crypticrillion (AM/E)
(s.a. obfuscatillion)

a trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion

cryogenic (Sl)

good

cubic (Sl) (ref. ice-cube)

good

D

dedidats (pl.n. CT)
(abbrev. Dedicated Data)

information, facts

deracitel (gen. based on
commercial product: the
Original Telrat Company’s
Deracitel)

mobile phone

drape (Sl)

hang out

dyserhypersynergistically (Bu/Sl)

in sum

E

electorat

electorate (amended Year of The Rat 1948 as a sop to the influential pro-Rattist lobby in the  Commons)

emolumentum redux (Lat.)

lit. profit that is brought back,
but intentionally ambiguous

enigmadillion (AM/E)
(s.a. arcanatillion)

a trillion trillion trillion

F

flippiquoit (CT)

floppy disc

FQ-MOP (CT abbrev.)

CD-ROM

G

gee (n. Bu/CSl)

one thousand

going-forward (Bu/CT)

only slightly behind schedule, but with a range of other ghosted meanings, e.g. if the company survives the present crisis, if the user keeps his job, in future (if there is such a thing)

going-forward going-forward
going-forward (Bu/CT)

as close to being on schedule as can sanely be expected in all known circumstances

gullibiliform (adj. n.)

one capable of manipulation (often applied to mean the majority)

H

hithere (CSl)
(s.a. wizzrite)

greet, by wizzrite

I

ingress (n. v. CT)
(also abbrev. to i.g. (CSl)
(s.a. outgress)

access

instak (CT)

store

instax (pl. n.)

indexing

in-the-meat-safe (Bu/CSl)

(of goal in business) 90% achieved

K

kasement (sing. only CT)

windows

L

labycamp (CT)

web-site

labyrinth (CT)

internet

labyvoid (CT/Sl)

cyberspace

leap, Quantum (Bu/CT)

change (often of a slight nature in itself)

ludicrazillion (Bu/CSl
also now Sl)
(s.a. enigmadillion)

(of money) unknowably vast amount

M

mausoletion
(v. mausoletize CT)

encryption

N

netherpostworthy (Bu/CT)
(degirthing specialism)

deserving of instant demotion, with forfeit of pension scheme

nybe (CT)

byte

O

outgress (n. v. CT)
(s.a. ingress)

transfer

obfuscatillion (AM/E)

a multiple of trillion, so large that even economists can only pretend to understand it

P

polyp (Sl)
(s.a. worm, terebellid)

animal of low organisation;
a cephalopod having eight or ten arms (used for non-complimentary comparisons)

pantagrunybe (CT)
(s.a. nybe)

gigabyte

R

refrigerated (Sl)

good

S

savings (Bu/CT, as used in
smoothserv)

expenditure

scag out (CSl)

lay out, arrange, set up

sludge-maggot (Sl)

non-feasible zoological invention,
(used for non-complimentary comparisons)

smoothserv (n. and v.
sometimes as smoothserve)

intellectual manipulation;
propaganda

suede-pate (Sl)

non-complimentary term, generally addressed to individuals possessed of fashionably flattened furcuts

stiff-in-the-box (Bu/CT)
(s.a. in-the-meat-safe)

(of goal in business) 100% achieved

syllagram (CT)

programme

T

tailline (Bu/CT, formerly
tail-line)

there is no other choice (in phrase “the tailline is”)

tapperboard (CT)

keyboard

technoknow (CT/Sl, usually
abbrev. to TK)

information technology

tecton (CT)

modem

threshold (CT)

gateway

twixtode (CT)

interface

V

vastonybe (CT) (s.a. nybe)

megabyte

vision (Bu/CT)

idea, project (of any size);
(of company directors) claimed ability

W

wize in (CT)

log on

wizer (CSl)

one who logs on

wizzer (CSl)

sender of wizzrites

wizzrite (CT)

e-mail

wombweave (CT)

motherboard

worm, terebellid (Sl)
(s.a. sludge-maggot)

member of family of worms possessing
heads of writhing tentacles (used for  non-complimentary comparisons)

Z

zedd in (CT)

zoom in