Over the years I have been credited (some say blamed) for a number of unique words or phrases. Most are connected in some ways to my off beat humor, which leaks out all too often. Some are just my experience / cynicism run a muck. All are simply to enjoy. Please do remember your source when using any of these fine ”Perry-isms“.
Elephants
Ahhh… the fun of “IT”… seems like we are always following the elephants in the parade.
Us techies always warn users and… um… fearless leaders about what to do… but are often ignored. No worries, Elephants are Elephants… and IT… well… we get to follow the elephants. And yes… it seems like we need the giant poo shovel!
Free Tomorrow
Another favorite is clients that want a “Free Tomorrow”. While you might think this is a great vision for a peaceful world, this is not what they seek. It seems everyone really wants delivery tomorrow, and they don’t want to actually pay for the expedited delivery. You see, they want it “FREE … Tomorrow”.
GOK Status
Sometimes, things are so up in the air that no one has any idea what is going to happen with a process. In these cases, I give it “God Only Knows” or GOK status.
Gotta Fly
Not really a pilots dream… just the salutation my wife “loves” when I’m in a hurry and she has more details to share… so to all as I depart… I’ll just say… Gotta Fly.
Perry-Graphs
Not just another mock on the name Perry, but actually a semi-brand in the world of Multi-Valued languages. Multi-valued languages have their roots in the PICK operating system which evolved to Prime INFORMATION and now in the form of UNIdata from IBM.
The Mulvi-value world has some great query techniques, ones that pre-dated SQL and in many ways are still superior, though not as well known. Reports can easily be saved for re-use and a saved report is called a PARAGRAPH.
After producing literally hundreds of reports for various applications a colleague dubbed them Perry-Graphs. I admit, I loved the term and was more than happy to use this moniker for my reporting.
Perry-Lyzers
Of course I have to have a great Perry-ism for my fantasy football team. My team is always… the Perry-Lyzers!
Perry-Noia
Perrynoia is simply a slight twist to “paranoia”, which is quite easy to do with a number of words. The name Perry actually lends itself quite well to this kind of mischief.
One of my favorite sayings is along this line; usually when I feel someone is trying to cause trouble. It is my belief that “It is not Perry-Noia, when they really are out to get you”. Cynical? yes… reality???
Perry-Rigged
As with other Perry-isms, we have seen the name Perry works well for word manipulation. As a technical guy (ie:, nerd, geek) I tend to find ways to make things work, often stretching outside of normal methods. Over the years, when I fix something it is now Perry-Rigged. Usually this is pretty darn good… I just wish my kids wouldn’t give me that “Dad, can’t we just buy a new one” look.
Poopy or get off the…
Sometimes I just like to take a saying, and translate it to a “G” rated version. Having three daughters, I “attempt” to keep things clean (though I probably fail far more then I should). One good turn of a phrase is for when someone is taking to long to decide something or complete a task. All you need to do is tell them to “poopy or get off the potty”.
Having a great little puppy, my update would be to say “poopy or get off the grass!”.
Priorities
“Not everything can go to the top”. This was actually just blurted out in a meeting, and a programmer was compelled to post this in big print on his wall. Some folks (bosses) want it all done now, simultaneously with all existing projects… and no slippage allowed!
To the bosses and project managers of the world… please… set Priorities!
Sometimers
Sometimers describes my memory. You see, I only remember details “sometimes” and this is a take off on “Alzheimer’s”. While I don’t forget things all the time, I forget them sometimes. I suppose the correct wording would be “Some-heimer’s”, which for ease of speech came out as “Sometimers”.
Thumb-pers
An error in typing with the thumbs. So many hand-held devices require folks to type with their thumbs and the world is making us type too fast. With minimal auto correction and spell checking, we all make ‘thumb-pers’. Thumb-pos (a closer derivative of type-os) can also work, but Thumb-per seems to roll off the tongue a bit easier.
