Le sequente texto non es Interlingua, ma il esserea interessante si alicuno poterea nos dicer qual linguage ha le juvenes in lor pais. Esque illo es differente del "linguage normal"? Paolo. Paolo Castellina CH-7604 Borgonovo (Switzerland) Tel. (++41,81)8221145 [log in to unmask] http://www.poboxes.com/pcastellina http://www.interlingua.com In an effort to narrow the generation gap and keep current with the latest linquistic trends, I pass these along as a public service announcement. GENERATION X AND THEIR OFFICE LINGO ----------------------------------- Blamestorming - sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible. Cube farm - an office filled with cubicles. Prairie dogging - something loud happens in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on. Idea hamsters - people who always seem to have their idea generators running . Mouse potato - the on-line generation's answer to the couch potato. Ohnosecond - that minuscule fraction of time in which you realize you've just made a big mistake. SITCOM - stands for Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. Stress puppy - a person who thrives on being stressed-out and whiny. Tourists - those who take training classes just to take a vacation from their jobs -- "We had three serious students in the class; the rest were tourists." Chainsaw consultant - an outside expert brought in to reduce the employee headcount, leaving the top brass with clean hands 404 - someone who is clueless, from the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found", meaning the requested document couldn't be located -- Don't bother asking him, he's 404. Elvis year - the peak year of something's popularity --Barney the dinosaur's Elvis year was 1993.