You know,
 Them:  "I need to copy this floppy disk.
 "Me: "What kind of diskette is it?" 
 "Verbatim."
 "Floppy."
 "Magnetic."
 "Computer."
 "System."
 "Backup."
 "Data."
 "Accounting."
 "Word Processing." 
 
 Technically correct, yet profoundly unhelpful.
 I like it. 
 
"What kind of floppy is it?"
"It's lovely!"
Peace...  Sridhar