Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 01:56:01 EST

From: GarethB2 GarethB2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Re: Dilbert for WOTY?



In a message dated 12/31/97 11:57:13 PM, Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM wrote:



I've been going through "Among the New Words" and past WOTYs, and I could

have missed it, but "Dilbert" isn't there. So, for Word-of-the-Year, I'd

like

to nominate my close friend--



[deletia]



I think this is an excellent suggestion. I've gotten numerous Dilbert-related

submissions to my Jargon Watch column. In the Jargon Watch book, I have:



Dilberted

To be exploited, oppressed, or screwed over by one's boss. Dervied from

Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. The corresponding adjective

is "Dilbertesque."



Also submitted (but not published):



Dilbertland or Dilbert Zone

A company or organziation that has a reputation for being excessively (or

obsessively) bureaucratic.



[This was submitted by Jef Raskin, one of the creators of the Macintosh].



I've seen a number of other permutations (such as "pulling a Dilbert).



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