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With wi-fi, you could narcissurf at the grass station
Posted By katie allison granju
“Grass station” is among the terms tapped as 2007’s most “hip, overused and abused” business buzzwords.
To wit:
Grass station
This one is Webster New World Dictionary’s word of the year, defined as a future fuel depot that would dispense ethanol and other veggie-based gas substitutes. We’re presuming that the grass station mini-mart will also have a single tofu dog under the heat lamp that everyone is too scared to eat.
Used in a sentence: “I went to fuel up at the grass station, but they wouldn’t accept my medical marijuana card as ID.”Chances we’ll be using this buzzword in 2017: Not so good. We’ll be lucky if we’re mass-producing SUVs that get 30 miles to the gallon, much less ones that run on alfalfa…
Subprime
This buzzword isn’t exactly new. But the sheer number of stories in the media about subprime mortgages has changed the word from adjective to verb status — loosely defined as the ability to completely dig one’s self into a hole and then expect a bailout.Used in a sentence: “I completely subprimed my Algebra test yesterday. Instead of studying, I drank beer and played Xbox, and just hoped the answers would come to me. Can I still have an ‘A’?”
Chances we’ll be using this buzzword in the year 2017: Slim to none. But you’ll definitely be using it in 2008…
Narcissurfing
Spending a lot of time on the Internet to see how often your name appears and what others are saying about you. It’s another way of saying ‘Googling yourself,’ although a narcissurfer does it on a daily basis.Used in a sentence: “You’re such a narcissurfer. You probably think this blog is about you.”
Chances we’ll be using this buzzword in 2017: Good. Hopefully by then you’ll have made a bigger mark on the Internet than a half-finished MySpace page and a 142nd-place finish in a 5K fun run.
Dec 27th, 2007
