underwater adj.— «Employee and investor attitudes changed profoundly after 2001, as the tech bust rendered millions of stock option grants worthless—”underwater” in valley parlance.» —“Stigma emerges, glitter fades for stock options” by Scott Duke...
mezangelle n.— «The syntactical notation is taken from wildcards and regular expressions in programming languages and Unix command line interpreters forming an archetypical world. In mez’s own language “mezangelle,” it is called “Arch.E.typal...
blutorial n.— «Blueyonder’s also adding a wireless channel to its website that will offer advice and a “video blutorial” (their name for it not ours, we hasten to add).» —“Telewest Broadband’s wireless wizard” Tech Digets (U.K.) Aug., 2004...
Goldilocks zone
attrib.— «The economy seems to be getting into the Goldilocks zone of not- too-hot, not-too-cold.» —“Investors ride tech stocks higher” Boston Herald (Mass.) June 3, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
dibby-dibby adj.— «Admonitions against short skirts and flashy jewelry, or “dibby dibby” (sexually loose) styles are not merely prescriptions against casual or sloppy appearances.» —by Carla Freeman High Tech and High Heels in the Global...
mop and glow
v. phr.— «I didnt take haz mat besides the required tech level…I have no interest being a mop and glow.» —“My other ride…” by Smokeatr Passat World Forums June 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
