S&P Dictionary

in·tax·i·ca·tion [in-tak-si-key-shuhn]
noun

1. The physiological state produced by prolonged exposure to finances and tax preparation.
2. A sense of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness arising from fantasies of spending a tax refund.
3. Poisoning by gigantic tax payment.

Examples: The government emptied my bank account, inducing a severe case of intaxication.

pos·sum·ist [pos-uh-mist]
noun

1. a person who habitually disappears, passes out or feigns death at the nearest sign of trouble.
2. a person who consistently pretends ignorance of key critical issues
3. an adherent of the doctrine of laissez fair school of project management.

Examples: As a natural possumist, it took all my courage to click the answer button on my cell phone and work the issue through with the client.

in.sta.ma.cy [in-stuh-muh-see]
noun

1. a phenomenon in which complete strangers feel a powerful connection as though they have known one another for years.
2. a power sales approach built upon techniques such as mirroring and matching, eye contact, asking key questions and active listening, employed by master salesman around the world
3. a common precursor to the one night stand

Examples: The instamacy of the moment was so overwhelming, that I believed my new best friend when she told me that I need a forum, a wiki, 4 blogs, and a shopping cart for my lemonade stand business.

First coined by our friend and developer Stefan.

entre·pre·nerd [ahn-truh-pruh-nurd]
noun

1. A person who derives significant visceral joy from the discussion of minor technical business nuances.
2. An intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with the idea that they can learn the magic behind the curtain called business by reading just one more book, going to one more seminar and talking to one last massively successful person.
3. A technician struck by an entrepreneurial seizure
4. A principal who performs sensationally socially silly acts, as wearing a name tag for 7 years or biting off the head of a rubber chicken (sorry no picture), to build up his brand and reputation. [see geek]

Examples: Scott Ginsberg | Hugh MacLeod | Rajesh Shakya | S&P

con·fec·tion·al [kuhn-fek-shuh-nl]
noun

1. An isolated place set aside for work, which drives specific urges for constant munching, often followed by bloated vocal remorse. [See cubicle or home office]
2. A cathartic apology, often to a loved one, that is driven by the guilt of having ignored them while gorging on the sweet fruits of one’s labor [See workaholic]
3. A place where creative inspiration, which drives the process of compounding, preparing, or making something delectable, begin with a burst of honest revelation.

Use:

“18,000 lines of code and 3 quarts of Hagendaaz littered the floor of Peter’s confectional.”

“While working from his confectional, Shane realized that if his client was going to make him eat all those business cards for the second time, maybe they should have been made out of chocolate.“

tech·neu·ro·tic [tek-no-raw-tik]
adjective

1. A blogging disorder in which feelings of ranking anxiety, obsessive “do they like me?” thoughts, compulsive stats checking and even physical complaints in various degrees and patterns dominate the personality.
2. Compulsive gadget buying behavior fueled by the impossible ideal that you can own a piece of technology that is not already obsolete.
3. An obsessive character trait that drives most avant guard technological inventions such as the robot roach and the Moller Sky car

Use: “A rash of techneurotic behavior assaulted the blog community during the Great Subscriber Crash of 07”

es·sen·su·al [uh-sen-shoo-uhl]
adjective

1. That which at its core is both critical to our survival and arousing or exciting to our base instincts: the senses and the appetites.
2. Being such by its very nature or in the highest meaning; the ultimate experience which elicits raw emotion.
3. That which every artisan seeks, sometimes called the ‘holy grail’ or ‘the best work I ever did that will never win an award because it’s way too personal and a little too weird’.
4. A type of project management lacking in restraints; raw and obsessively driven to identify and focus upon the core of each element. Often resulting in ’simple software’.

   Synonym: iPhone

ac·tion·ate [ak-shuhn-nit]
adjective

1. A passion to act, driven by strong emotion, that is often considered by your more cerebral and dis-actionate kin to be extremely foolhardy.
2. A characteristic assigned to saints, sinners, some bloggers and most entrepreneurs.

Usage: “Though many people express the desire when going through the blog action day sign-up list, most were not quite as actionate as they might have proclaimed.”

In honor and respect of those who boned it up and wrote some great articles. A few of our favorites:
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strag·e·dy [stra-jed-ee]
noun

1. A carefully devised plan of action to achieve a goal which leads to a tragic conclusion. Often implemented quickly, with great cheer and rejoicing.
2. The adaptation important to de-evolutionary success: a term that is often associated with those who manage to earn themselves a Darwin Award.

   Usage: “It was a stragedy to forgo a formal contract in order to create a casual go-with-the-flow atmosphere. Now we live in a trailer with three other families and a professional gambler named Buba.”

vague dead.line [vāg dêd’lîn]
noun

1. An unclear time limit. Often implemented with the intent of relaxing time boundaries only to produce an impending sense of doom.
2. A clearly stated deadline that has been utterly ignored and therefor requires de-emphasis. Usage: “Yeah, we figured 3pm sharp was a vague deadline and that it would be OK to get it to you at 6pm tomorrow.”