Of seagulls and plankton

Some great terms, many from BuzzWhack:

Menoporsche: Male menopause. Symptoms include a sudden lack of energy, crankiness and the overpowering urge to buy a Porsche.

Seagull platform: Generally a break room or common area, where food is left out for employees to eat (donuts, bagels etc.). One minute they’re there, the next they’re gone.

PowerPoint Ranger: Someone with no real-world experience who relies heavily on PowerPoint presentations to express even the simplest of ideas.

Plankton verbs: Also known as “bottom of the food chain” verbs — is, was, are, were. Try to rework the sentence to use strong verbs instead, like earn, devour, squander, shriek or slouch. (Thanks to Shannon Paul on ProBlogger for this one and Daphne Grey-Grant for the action verbs.)

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