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in late 2006, relocated my angst, business, and social life to NoCal from SoCal ... just a 40-something chick in the 'burbs of the SF bay area who randomly posts about random topics ... the occasional quirky stories of dating (or not) at 40-ish, work-week cubeopolis frivolity, rambling musings on nostalgika, and the occasional introspective moments in life.(thanks for visiting! >p, b)

Saturday, May 03, 2008

more cube-alabras

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collected since this initial set.

cube-capra (def: Some know it as the dreaded "environmental regulation." However, in Latin America, where the common folk are known to speak casually of "res ipsa loquitur" and "carpe diem," it is referred to simply as the mysterious, corporate life force-draining monster known as...)
cube-ectomy (def: emergency removal from cube)
cube-tied (ya don't say? ... if an employee no longer wants kids, he would have his cubes tied?)
cube-turbation (def: (i) when a cube-ster's equilibrium has been thrown off; (ii) when a cube-ster is (dare i say) getting off; (iii) when a cube-ster is bothering another cube-ster)
cube your enthusiasm (ya don't say? ... why oh why does this amuse me so?!)
cuber mensch (ya don't say? ... a super employee)
cubricity (ya don't say? ... if you find it difficult to slip between assignments, one would say that you lack sufficient cubricity)
pre-cubescent (ya don't say? ... my co-worker threw such a fit, i'd swear she was pre-cubescent. such cubenile behavior, indeed.)
cubenile (ya don't say? ... my co-worker threw such a fit, i'd swear she was pre-cubescent. such cubenile behavior, indeed.)
cube-enius (def: sacto floyd)
cube-fax (def: the act of sharing written information in 1995.)
cubeopolis (def: the manner of naming greek city-states, that is, “-polis” -meaning city, citizenship or of the people)
cubeopolus (def: cubicles in greece the manner of the zoological classification suffix, e.g., -us, having or form of, ex. “Wonder Twins powers activate: Shape of a bucket, form of an octopus.”)
cubec (def: a cubeopolis full of Canadians)
bar-b-cubed (def: what cubecs are called if their city burns down?)
royally scubed (ya don't say? ... if the insurance companies fail to pay the bar-b-cubed)

cuber
pronounced
koo-BEH
ya don't say? ... voulez-vous cuber avec moi?
definition(s) ... s’il vous plaît

c'est samedi.
qu'est-ce qui faites-vous un samedi pour le plaisir?


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3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ice Cubed = when your management refuses to acknowledge the problem with the air conditioner

Sat May 03, 11:28:00 AM PDT  
Blogger shirlnutkin said...

cube-ometer = measuring device to make sure the ice cubed problem has been solved in cubeopolis so that cubesters don't freeze their cubits off.

cubits = ? your turn to define

Sat May 03, 11:43:00 AM PDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cubit = unit of cubicle memory storage; used for quantifying institutional memory contained in a bureaucracy (e.g., "All the baby boomer staff in Permitting are retiring this year. Do you have any idea how many senior cubits we'll be losing? At least 8 Gigacubits and 12 lifers!!").

Sat May 03, 05:36:00 PM PDT  

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