Nerd Glossary

Posted by J.C. on May 29, 2007 under Glossary | 3 Comments to Read

Will Success Eat Your Children?Phonee: A person who fakes or abuses a cell phone call to avoid or manipulate contact with other people.

Example:
Does that phonee expect me to believe he is closing an international business deal at Walmart?

Outproof: Immune to corporate outsourcing.

Example:
I had thought about becoming an engineer, but bartending is much more outproof.

Outproofing: To make career or educational choices based on the desire to avoid losing your job to workers in another country.

Example:
I’m outproofing my new position by learning to speak Mandarin.

Propertunity: The chance to move to an area with affordable housing.

Example:
Sure the job pays better, but with those housing prices there’s no propertunity.