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Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati (Hardwired)

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Fun book - read one a day to your coworkers. Sometimes very funny. The only thing I wish it had was the history of each word. Other somewhat related classics are "The Zen of Computer Programming" and "The Tao of Computer programming" though I don't know if they're still in print.

This isn't a book as much as a quick guide to the jaded language of the way new world. I enjoyed it a lot but it isn't a substantial read. Much fun to be had in keeping this one in your desk for those special Dilbert moments.

...and Branwyn documents the steady drip, drip, drip of new words, from the already-well-established like webmaster, trolling, e-tailing and spam to cutting edge entries like prairie dogging, kevork, salmon day, keyboard plaque, stress puppy and seagull manager. Keep it by your square-headed girlfriend so you can liven up your e-mail tennis using TLAs with toy value better than dancing baloney. Just don't get caught or you might get uninstalled (decruited).