h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I could only read this thing as far as Seagull Manager before I wet myself and hyperventilated... I will have to return once the abdominal tears have time to heal.

So, were you able to return and be cured?

I managed to make a safe return visit a couple of days later, and since I found that I was already near the end, I didn't reinjure myself.

That's good to know.

One question here - are all these in genuine usage? See, I knew some of them already, but this is supposed to be a joke thing.

Language is whatever people decide to use. If you use some of these, eventually they'll catch on and everyone will be using them, before too long.

"Cube farm" is pretty common, I think. "Going postal" is probably in the US dictionary. I've also heard "starter marriage" and "three-fingered salute."

I've also taken to using "prairie dogging," but not in the context listed above. I use it for that feeling you get when your need to sit on the toilet becomes immediate.

However, that last comes with the caveat that nobody, under any circumstances, should ever talk like me. It's just not adviseable.

Hiya,

whether they're all in 'genuine' usage or not, this is great fun and does what it says on the tin.

so long, and er... there was something else... er...

oh yeah, thanks

... for something or other,

spiff

Yeah, okay, I was just curious. A lot of the ones I haven't heard would be pretty obvious in context, so why don't we all start using them?

As far as I can see, they all originated from http://www.buzzwhack.com

I think you've got cause and effect reversed. Buzzwhack collects buzzwords, they don't create them.