A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

From the dictionary

POST-MORTEM

n.A meeting at which the dead are questioned about their failure to prevent the murder.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer chairing a root-cause meeting around a dead project while an empty chair is asked why it did not raise the issue sooner.
The illustrated dictionary POST-MORTEM
A connected train of thought

  1. Corporate Speak

    ACCOUNTABILITY n.

    Responsibility assigned downward after authority has remained above.

  2. Corporate Speak

    OWNERSHIP n.

    Responsibility bestowed without the vulgar accompaniment of power.

  3. Cloud & Infrastructure

    KAFKA n.

    A system for ensuring that no event is truly lost, merely waiting somewhere you have not yet inspected.