Microsoft Office 2007 has turned me, a knowledgable and agile geek, into an end user. I used to be able to at least fumble around until I found some features, but now I'm utterly lost and am very dissatisfied with Office 2007.

There are a couple phrases you should be familiar with to understand and get along better with your geeky friends.

One phrase is End User. This is a harmless label applied to the end user of an application developed by a developer. This isn't explicitly a derogatory label per se, but it does come with some basic assumptions, like, that the end user is more prone to make illogical mistakes or that the end user will not immediately figure out how something works to get it to work without calling for help.