Plex: The Googleplex, as its sprawling Mountain View campus is called, is shortened to the Plex by many employees.
GBike: The mode of transportation on Google's campus, the GBike is known for its colorful frame. If you visit campus, you can even catch a glimpse of the conference room bike.
Stan: In the Googleplex, you'll meet "Stan" — Google's own T-Rex. The statue is there to remind the company to never become a dinosaur, or at least that's one theory behind it.
Noogler: If you're new to Google, expect to be called a Noogler. Pronounced "new-gler", Nooglers are identifiable thanks to the Google-colored propeller caps they receive.
Greyglers: Another Googler nickname, Greyglers are Google employees 40 and older (although we'll guess some of those in their forties aren't sporting grey hairs). One of Google's most prominent Greyglers is their Chief Internet Evangelist (and one of the fathers of the web) Vint Cerf.
Xoogler: Once a Google employee leaves the company, they become a Xoogler. A shortened version of ex-Googler, Xoogler is actually pronounced "zoo-gler".
Some have credited Google employee #59, Doug Edwards, as inventing the term Xoogler. His blog was one of the first to coin the term.
Googlegeist: This isn't a ghost that haunts the Plex. The "Googlegeist" is an annual survey of all employees where they are asked to rate their managers and life at Google. While many employees would shy away from an HR questionnaire, more than 90 percent of Googlers fill it out every year.
Perf: Short for performance review, the dreaded annual Perf is what determines whether Googlers rise or fall in the coming year. It's generally not what gets employees canned, though. Google tracks other performance reviews along the way.
TGIF: It does mean "Thank God It's Friday" but it also is the name of the weekly all-hands meeting — confusingly, now held on Thursdays. The hour-long meeting dates back to the early days of Google, but is now held in a worldwide Google hangout. It's also where Nooglers receive their hats. Here's a throwback video to a TGIF meeting in 1999:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/u68QWfHOYhY?rel=0
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