Three other people sharing the elevator were discussing a documentation error.  One of them explained that a consultant had been brought in to write that documentation, but had been “thrown out the window”.
I asked, “are we actually allowed to defenestrate contractors?”
Maybe we can only do that when no one is looking.
I think this may be [...]

My previous post mentioned a problem with a way to decide how to vote on ballot propositions.  I guess it’s not surprising that they should be a source of confusion to people.  As Marcus Schmidt observes in Institutionalizing Fair Democracy: The Theory of the Minipopulous:
It is highly improbable that a comparable kind of error could [...]

eschered /ˈɛsh’ər/, v. intr., to move or disappear in a surreal way, as might be seen in the works of Dutch artist M.C. Escher (e.g., Relativity).
Used in the novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman; since since in modest usage on the web.

Heard in a meeting. Apparently not new, but new to me. The meaning was fairly obvious from context. Definition from the Jargon File:
[Cisco] A command in a complex piece of software which is more likely to be used by an extremely experienced user to tweak a setting of [...]

Originally a spoonerism I inadvertently used in a business meeting.  Someone proposed a kludgy solution to a problem, and I meant to say that we should use a better, more general approach rather than an ad hoc fix.
od hac /ˈoʊˈdi hæk/, adjective,  improvised for one specific purpose, in a kludgy manner (as an undesirable hack)
Note [...]

Around 1992, I started using the term “reverse defenestration.” I no longer remember whether I’d heard anyone else use that term previously. Example usage: “I reverse defenestrated that PC, and now it is faster and more reliable.” Such an upgrade is most commonly from Windows to Linux or BSD.
reverse defenestration /rɪˈvɜrs [...]

BBC World Service aired a news item concerning the Pope’s visit to Brazil, and mentioned that he rode in the “popemobile,” though the word is not used in the written news story on their web site.  Wikipedia confirms that it is a portmanteau, though it is said to be an informal name.

nerdgasm /nûrd-gasm/, noun, a feeling of euphoria brought on by exposure to a new piece of tech gear or software.
Seen in Boing Boing post by Cory Doctorow, referring to student reactions to the Neuros OSD set-top box:
I’ve had a couple of these circulating in my class at USC this semester and some of the students [...]

I mostly use Linux, but on rare ocassions I do have to use Windows. When I bought a new laptop last year, I was annoyed at how much worthless junk (e.g., limited trial versions of software I don’t want) came preinstalled. Apparently I’m not the only person annoyed by how much hassle it [...]

In an email discussion with two friends, criticism was levelled at an organization which has an image of Margaret Sanger on their web site, and it was said that one should “be careful about your ‘heroes’ — Margaret Sanger was a strong proponent of eugenics.” I responded that my list of heros [...]