Bench
Bench n. 1. seats for nonplaying athletes: in team sports, the seats for players not taking part on the field or court 2. seats for non working SE’s : typically the SE will be found in the library or Coffee outlets, basically having a great time. Example: Rahul is on bench and he is having a hell of a good time. Related word Bench strength n. 1. quality of substitute players: the quality of the players who are named as substitutes in a sports team 2. quality of Software engineers : the quality of engineers (technical skill set) who are kept in waiting for the future project in an IT company. Example: XYZ Inc. has tremendous bench strength and is sure to bag the project. The origination of the word is from the field of sports specially football. The teams strength depends on its bench similarly an IT company’s bench strength is critical to get new projects. Source :http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861589946/bench.html F.Y.I. I am on bench