confusopoly n.— Note: Often used (as in this article) and perhaps coined by Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert. «The goal of the people at the top now is to create what I call confusopolies. The barriers to entry to almost...
family forest n.— «That complexity is why he and other Northeast foresters are increasingly being called on by private landowners to help them manage their wooded acreage, commonly called “family forests.” Many of the owners...
suitcase v.— «A hands-on lab can be “suitcased” to a customer specified location. This traveling lab provides an environment to conduct formal classroom training in essentially the same environment as would be provided at a UTStarcom’s...
gold-plating n.— «And he warned against the practice known as “gold-plating,” whereby national rules are made more complicated than the original proposal from Brussels. “National regulators and governments must be...
Spaghetti Bowl n.— «Los Angeles’ four-level freeway interchange at Civic Center, sometimes called the Mixmaster, soon will have a companion complexity called the Spaghetti Bowl. Engineers already have hung that name on the $10 million...
abcoolen v.— «But how to explain the Denglish verbs? Smalltalken, brunchen, mailen, floppen, managen, abcoolen and many others? These are not used to save syllables or avoid complexity. They are simply in vogue, whether for better or...