The Old New Thing

Microspeak: Breaking into jail

November 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022 11/22/22

Raymond Chen

Just asking for trouble.

Microspeak: Break glass

September 27, 2022 Sep 27, 2022 09/27/22

Raymond Chen

Metaphorically breaking the glass in case of emergency.

Microspeak: The one-pager

July 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 07/19/22

Raymond Chen

Rarely ever one page long.

Microspeak: Inside baseball

June 28, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 06/28/22

Raymond Chen

Specialized jargon comprehensible only to a select few.

Microspeak: Righteous

November 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021 11/16/21

Raymond Chen

A colloqualism that has become a preferred adjective.

Microspeak: Persona

September 14, 2021 Sep 14, 2021 09/14/21

Raymond Chen

A template for a prototypical user.

Microspeak: Placemat

August 11, 2020 Aug 11, 2020 08/11/20

Raymond Chen

Everything in its place.

Microspeak: Click stop

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20

Raymond Chen

A place to pause and refresh.

Microspeak: Bucket bugs, bucket spray, bug spray, and failure shift

January 21, 2020 Jan 21, 2020 01/21/20

Raymond Chen

How failures in the wild get categorized by analysis.

Microspeak: Occupant compression

April 16, 2019 Apr 16, 2019 04/16/19

Raymond Chen

Ouch, it hurts when you squeeze me there.