TauFu (n.): The act of talking to one’s computer / pleading with it / re-opening a software at a later time / hitting the keys harder, as if that is going to change the outcome of the executed command. (And with something as unpredictable as Windows, it works). Also known as Reboot Voodoo.
Category: Marvinisms
Pudu (n.): A person as irritating as a sneeze in the middle of a pee. Nothing you can do about it, can’t be stopped, totally unpredictable, and something you totally don’t want happening to yourself.
Rocca (n.): The silent creeping realization that one has gone onto chats with office friends replete with expletives and wry humor WHILST still connected to NetMeeting at work, thereby broadcasting arbit conversations to a bewildered Aussie colleague. Word can be used as a replacement for ‘blooper’, ‘boo-boo’, ’shit-creek’ or even ‘mammoth screw-up’.
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Loading …Alexandra (n.): The Christmas-morningy kind of feel one gets while opening one’s inbox after a long time. Can also refer to the feeling one experiences whilst opening new presents. (Example: I just felt an Alexandra, dude. Yippee! New email! Someone loves me in the world!)
(No Ratings Yet) Loading …Elliot (n.): The small cardboard cartons that people always carry when they move offices. (And not air-bags, plastic bags, shoulder bags, cloth bags, hell, not even paper bags). Can also refer to the mysterious place where one gets these cartons from.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading …Westin (n.): The weird sleeping position (not sitting, not lying) that one assumes only on Economy class flight seats.
Gadzillion (n.): The large number of aunties (close to infinity) who will, arbitly, for no reason, and without any knowledge about you, tell you at your cousin’s marriage that you are next to get married.
Thumbbum (n.): Someone you just told to go sit on his/her thumb.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading …Ashfield (n.): Fridge fossils. Perishable items that have ‘perished’ long ago and have life growing on them, and are discovered by accident when you run out of shelf space.
Targus (n.): Holidays that fall on weekends. (!@#$).
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading …McRichie (n.): The first column in an excel sheet left without data, ‘just in case’. Can alternatively refer to the process of making so many duplicate sheets and duplicate workbooks that you lose count and track of what’s where, even with version control.
Thomson (n.): A person in an elevator who blinks innocently and stares into oblivion after a smelly but silent display of flatulence, despite the incriminating fact that there are only two people in the elevator.
Fournineteen (n.): Fridge fossils. Perishable items that have ‘perished’ long ago and have life growing on them, and are discovered by accident when you run out of shelf space.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading …Yishun (n.): A yawn so big, your jaws hurt. Usually accompanied by watery eyes and gaping people in neighbouring cubicles.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading …Moulmein (n.): The brave act of finally spraying oneself with cold water on a groggy morning after endless minutes of staring into the shower spray. Usually starts with hands and feet and slowly moves up to more jumpy parts of the body.
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