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DEFINITION: n. A computer programmer who corrects software problems by bugging the users, rather than debugging the software. v. To pinpoint the blame for any defects in a product, especially a software product which you have created, on "illogical" end-users.
Verboticisms
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Theebugger
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dee buh gur
Sentence: Verily I say unto thee, if yon bugger of a theebugger shouldst approach thee, flee with the greatest urgency, lest he bug thee further.
Etymology: debug, bugger, thee
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COMMENTS:
your sentences always make me laugh - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-14: 14:07:00
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Displaim
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: dĭ-splām'
Sentence: "Clearly user error." Gaylord concluded. "You simply can't correctly interface with the connection-oriented data access arrangement..." "Don't displaim me," Marta interrupted, "I only hit 'start' and the thing locked up."
Etymology: displacement, psychological defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one; display, to output (data) on a CRT or other screen, or, in non-computer usage, to reveal or betray; aim, to intend or direct for a particular effect or purpose.
Debugaboo
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: dee - bug - ah - boo
Sentence: It was an exasperating debugaboo that the employees found themselves in. The front end application sometimes connected and sometimes did not. The programmer kept saying that the users were just not concentrating or had a bad work attitude when they could not connect.
Etymology: debug, bugaboo (source of concern, trickster or prankster)
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COMMENTS:
Dee Bootiful word! - Nosila, 2009-06-26: 12:41:00
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Nincomputable
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nin/com/pute/abul
Sentence: Our IT department always makes me feel like a nincomputable.
Etymology: nincompoop + computable
Geekbugger
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: geek - bug - grrr
Sentence: Milton employed his own type of debugging....Instead of spending the arduous hours analyzing, tweaking and rerunning code to locate the errors in his software program; he tried to talk the users into living with it. He even acted as if they were somehow not using it correctly or just being troublesome. The users felt like Milton was the worst geekbugger they had ever met.
Etymology: debug (locate and correct errors in a computer program code), geek (An expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers),bug (annoy, irritate; also a fault) bugger (a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or used to describe someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing)
Computerpogrommer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: com pew ter po grom mer
Sentence: Java a minute to hear about the Computerpogrommer in our office? His name is Seymour Fawltz and his Modem Operandii is to belittle you in front of your peers and Excel at making you feel like an idiot about your inferior computer skills. It was by sheer chance that someone found out he had entered the local Click&Drag Queen Contest, under the name Ana Log Macintosh, a Domainatrix. Now he knows we know his secret, so his bark is not worse than his byte. We found his Encryptionite!
Etymology: Computer Progammer & Pogrom (organized persecution of an ethnic group (in this case, non-Geeks)
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COMMENTS:
LOL! A great creation. - splendiction, 2009-06-26: 22:52:00
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Buggle
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: bug-gull
Sentence: Jonathan was a real buggle and depended on user feedback to make sure all his software worked as expected... Whatever they said he'd feed it back to them as user errors.
Etymology: bug + gle
Softwarespecialass
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: soft ware spesh ial ass
Sentence: Hank's new income tax software’s many glitches prompted him to call technical support. However, the softwarespecialass maintained his program was flawless. He suggested Hank give the software another try while completing another random task, such as juggling oranges or counting sheep.
Etymology: From software specialist and ass.
Userabuser
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: use/er/a/buse/er
Sentence: Our IT department specializes in the userabuser technique to solve most computer problems. It's the "It's got to be you' approach.
Etymology: user + abuse
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COMMENTS:
Must be included in their tech training classes... - Nosila, 2009-06-26: 12:37:00
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Progcastigator
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: prog/cass/ti/gay/tor
Sentence: Many software developers are progcastigators who put off reworking their programs and instead berate users.
Etymology: programmer + castigate (reprimand, berate) + procrastinator
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James
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