{"id":612,"date":"2010-04-14T10:38:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T06:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=612"},"modified":"2010-04-14T10:39:58","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T06:39:58","slug":"so-you-think-you-are-tech-savvy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/so-you-think-you-are-tech-savvy\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Think You Are Tech Savvy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some vogue words<\/strong> created by individuals who fly the nerd bird<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Next time you are puzzled and a bit lost when your teenage offspring sprouts jargon that you thought had a literal meaning, you can smile because what you are going to read will put you in the driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seat, not literally!<\/p>\n

Drum Driving<\/strong>
\nWhile you are driving and listening to music, you bang on the steering wheel as if it were a drum set.<\/p>\n

Brain Bucket<\/strong>
\nA motorcycle helmet.<\/p>\n

Soap Grafting<\/strong>
\nThe act of attaching an almost completely used piece of soap to a new, unused piece because it is now too small to be conveniently used but you also don’t want to waste it.<\/p>\n

Bitchen<\/strong>
\nThe term for the room in an urban apartment in which the bathroom is located in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

iPad Nano<\/strong>
\nA no brainer. A smaller version of the new Apple iPad!<\/p>\n

The Long Tail<\/strong>
\nThe niche strategy of selling a large number of unique items in relatively small quantities.<\/p>\n

Facebook Bingo<\/strong>
\nOn Facebook, this term refers to a posted photo that features five or more people, all of whom have Facebook profiles and are accurately tagged.<\/p>\n

Air Guitar<\/strong>
\nIf you are listening to a really sweet guitar solo and you have no real guitar to emulate the action of rocking, pick up your hands, put them in position, and rock and roll all night.<\/p>\n

Directionally Challenged<\/strong>
\nSomeone who has difficulty determining right from left and vice versa.<\/p>\n

Tree Book<\/strong>
\nA book printed on dead trees, i.e. paper, as opposed to an e-book, which only exists electronically.<\/p>\n

Stealth Call<\/strong>
\nWhen you have to call someone back but don’t want to talk to them, so you wait until you know they can’t talk and leave a voice mail.<\/p>\n

Stoplight Party<\/strong>
\nA party where guests wear the the colors of the traffic signal to denote their relationship status: green means they’re single, red means they’re taken and yellow means their relationship status is \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccomplicated\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

Pre-hab<\/strong>
\nWhere people go to avoid a future addiction.<\/p>\n

Pi Time<\/strong>
\nThe time of the day where a digital clock reads 3:14.<\/p>\n

Nerd Bird<\/strong>
\nAn airliner that flies between two high-tech cities. Eg. Bangalore to Hyderabad.<\/p>\n

Pen You In<\/strong>
\nA play on the phrase “pencil you in” but adds additional emphasis on the intention of the commitment.<\/p>\n

BBF \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Best Behavior Friend<\/strong>
\nA friend whom you have very little in common with and you act on your best behavior when you’re with.<\/p>\n

Stealth Abs<\/strong>
\nWhen your ripped six pack is covered by a thick layer of fat.<\/p>\n

Verbal Handcuffs<\/strong>
\nWhen someone won’t stop talking (usually about a subject you have no interest in).<\/p>\n

Understandment<\/strong>
\nThe combination of understanding and agreement. <\/p>\n

So, did you understandment this piece?
\nSend your feedback to sharad@cyber-gear.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some vogue words created by individuals who fly the nerd bird. Next time you are puzzled and a bit lost when your teenage offspring sprouts jargon that you thought had a literal meaning, you can smile because what you are going to read will put you in the driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seat, not literally! Drum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}