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03 June 2009

Slangtastic


"Going Multiball"

A synonym for going mental. Literally, a state of flux; as in the multiball stage of a pinball game wherein the player must keep two or more balls in play.
"The project deadline is tomorrow! I am totally going multiball!"

We have a strain of this growing on my current project. It is called "MultiBelle", after its inventor, and a style of convoluted problem solving. Firstly, you overhear that there has been a problem. Secondly, you do not allow the speaker to finish their story so you don't get the full story. Thirdly, you prematurely call it a disaster. You force a whole bunch of people to solve one small problem (usually via a Sunday workshop) and in all the panic, everyones ends up running around in different directions, bumping into furniture and tripping over each other.