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SELF-PROCLAIMED "social-media guru" and "jargon techspert" Alex Blagg from BajillionHits.Biz keeps sending us lists of "hot new Bizwords," which he insists are creating tons of buzz in the biggest meetings and boardrooms. We'll let you decide. | Illustrations by Andrew Rae #table { clear:both; width:620px; height:800px; background-image:url('http://images.fastcompany.com/magazine/154/next/next-40-arrows-background.jpg') ; background-repeat:no-repeat; } #table p{ font-size:13px; } #top #left { float:left; width:200px; margin-top:29px; } #top #right { float:right; width:200px; } #middle { height:200px; width:200px; float:left; margin-top:197px; margin-left:3px; } #bottom #left { float:left; width:200px; clear:left; margin-top:20px; margin-left:20px; } #bottom #right { float:right; width:200px; margin-top:52px; } APPTERNOON DELIGHT (AKA ANGRY LUNCH) The practice of barricading oneself in a bathroom stall for 20 or 30 minutes every afternoon just to play Angry Birds on your smartphone FACEBLOCKING Losing an otherwise solid sale, job, or business relationship just by acting like a jackass on Facebook REHABUZZITATION A hibernation period during which a person or brand takes a break from creating Internet buzz in order to recharge their buzz-driving batteries REVENUDE The sensation of vulnerable nakedness one feels when all one's puffed-up BS and profit-jargoning has been stripped away to reveal actual numbers in the harsh light of day CONTENT SHARECROPPING A practice employed by large online "content farms," in which they festoon their harvested content with a bunch of pointless social-media sharing buttons in order to give their "crops" more substance A version of this article appears in the April 2011 issue of Fast Company
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