Dictionary E-G
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Egosurfing: Scanning the net, databases, print media, or research papers looking for the mention of your name.
Elbonics: The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater
Expansion Unit: The new room you have to build on to your home to house your computer and all its peripherals.
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File: What a secretary can now do to her nails six and half hours a day, now that the computer does her day's work in 30 minutes.
Flink: The act of turning on your car's turn signal just long enough for it to blink for half a second.
Floppy: The condition of a constant computer user's stomach due to lack of excercise and a steady diet of junk food.
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Gentleman: A husband who steadies the stepladder so that his wife will not fall while she paints the ceiling.
Gentleman: A man who, when his wife drops her knitting, kicks it over to her so that she can easily pick it up.
Glazing: Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at conferences and early-morning meetings. "Didn't he notice that half the room was glazing by the second session?"
Gossip: A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage.
Graybar Land: The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the gray bar creep across the screen).