Depending on the group. .. .and audience I frequently refer to the initiated as "Smart Kid(s)" When speaking with the Nick Burns type initiate(s), "jerk(s) in the back"
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: OT: What do you call a group of IT professionals > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:55:12 +0000 > > Redundant Array? > > -- > richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 10:13 AM > To: New NT System Admin List ([email protected]) > Subject: [NTSysADM] OT: What do you call a group of IT professionals > > During a discussion today the question was raised, "What do you call a group > of IT professionals"? > > Oxford dictionary came up with: > > a blush of boys > a drunkship of cobblers > a hastiness of cooks > a stalk of foresters > an observance of hermits > a bevy of ladies > a faith of merchants > a superfluity of nuns > a malapertness (= impertinence) of pedlars a pity of prisoners a glozing (= > fawning) of taverners > > Nothing for IT. > > The most popular suggestion was "a packet". :-) > > -Paul > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from > The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and > is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain > legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > >
