Barry's book takes a critical and humorous look at the
`technobabble' of acronyms, neologisms, hyperbole, and metaphor
spawned by the computer industry. Though he discusses some of the
same mechanisms of jargon formation that occur in hackish, most
of what he chronicles is actually suit-speak -- the obfuscatory
language of press releases, marketroids, and Silicon Valley CEOs
rather than the playful jargon of hackers (most of whom wouldn't
be caught dead uttering the kind of pompous, passive-voiced word
salad he deplores).