jevanyn's definitions

mockname

A nickname, but intended to mock the person/place/thing.

Tiger Woods now has the mocknames "Lion Woods" and "Cheetah Woods".

When the Browns moved to Baltimore, Ravens fans started calling Cleveland "C-leave-land".

by jevanyn December 14, 2009

eating your own dog food

To use one's own product or service. Originally applied to software companies using their own software in-house, the meaning can extend to any situation that might impose some burden on customers, clientele, constituency, co-workers, etc.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) proposed an amendment requiring members of Congress and their staffs to buy health insurance on the exchanges they are setting up, forcing lawmakers to get insurance the same way some of their constituents will. In some circles, this is known as "eating your own dog food."

-- from electoral-vote.com, 14 Oct 2009

A (historical) example of -not- eating your own dog food would be Microsoft developers using IBM's OS/2 operating system while developing Windows software because it was more stable than their own operating system (Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 at the time).

by jevanyn October 14, 2009

thank fucky for that

Relief that one's typical bad luck has taken a day off.

I was late for work (as usual), but I didn't have to deal with my boss who left early to visit a client. Thank fucky for that!

by jevanyn October 14, 2009

Halo zone

Area around a police cruiser where everyone behaves like a little angel. Unrelated to the computer game of the same name.

Passenger: Dude, why is everyone going so slow?
Driver: There's a five-oh up there, we're stuck in the halo zone.

by jevanyn December 12, 2009

mcchrystal

To "go mcchrystal" is to openly mock your boss, boss' boss, or other superior, usually resulting in demotion, firing, or "spending more time with my family".

Office drone 1: What happened to Bob, his cubicle is cleared out.

Office drone 2: He got drunk at the office party and went all mcchrystal, started making fun of the VPs, and they were in the room when it happened.

by jevanyn June 28, 2010

veehee

adj. Abstract, minimalist. From the poet of the same name.

Credit: Robin Grasby via Mocoloco

Ikea furniture: veehee. Louis Catorze, not so much

by jevanyn December 12, 2009

Player 2

Geek speak for "significant other"

My gf and I play Wii together, so I started calling her my Player 2.

by jevanyn February 26, 2011