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DEFINITION: v. A software update or patch which uses up a ton of memory and hard drive space, stalling the computer with a crippling case of performance anxiety. n. To stall out a computer by installing a software "upgrade".
Verboticisms
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Adopeytablet
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Ah : dope : ee : tab : let
Sentence: It was no flash in the pan, Kernal Panic thought as he looked blankly at the draped screen on his new Adopeytablet. The last time this happened they told me it would be the last time this happened, so the Kernals recursion relationship with technology trundled on. I guess that's some kinda feedback loop or loop-the-loop.
Etymology: A : indefinite article : Dopey : drugged up or slow dwarf : Tablet : Pill, may be screened (6 letters). Pun on Adobe : A byword for nightmareish yet essential software, bring a tonne of RAM.
Upgrate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: uhpgreyt
Sentence: When the start-up chime on your computer sounds more like fingernails on a chalkboard, it might be an indication that the the latest upgrate isn't operating in quite the way it was expected to.
Etymology: upgrade (to incorporate new or more accurate information) + grate (to scrape or rub with rough or noisy friction)
Busplug
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: Just the way it looks...
Sentence: Rondo fancied himself a computer expert. When he "helped" Lulu upgrade her purloined laptop by downloading the approved version of "service pack 5", he inadvertently created a BUSPLUG similar to the "blue screen of death" so popular in the last century. Rondo's motives were pure, and he offered to buy Lulu a donut and help her "work it out"....even if it took all night!
Etymology: BUS+PLUG=BUSPLUG(busplugged, busplugging).....BUS:In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data between computer components inside a computer or between computers......PLUG:a piece used to fill a hole, a stopper, an obtruding or obstructing mass of material resembling a stopper, any of various devices resembling or functioning like a plug, a male fitting for making an electrical connection to a live circuit by insertion in a receptacle.
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COMMENTS:
Sorry about this one, gang. I just couldn'r resist it.... - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:30:00
Hope he has some Viaoagra - Nosila, 2009-02-23: 00:46:00
While tecnically inaccurate, i just went with it because it was slopping over with subtlety and nuance... - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 01:01:00
Naughty but good, so will cut you some slaxative! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-23: 11:20:00
BUSPLUG similar to the "blue screen of death" - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:09:00
BUSPLUG similar to the "blue screen of death" - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:10:00
WHY doesn't this site pick up the entire comment instead of just parts...???? Ugh - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:10:00
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Desktopdysfunction
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: desk top dis funk shun
Sentence: You know the embarrassment, the guilt, the feelings of inadequacy, the viagravvation. Yes, we've all seen the commercials to go to your doctor. But where does your computer go when it suffers from desktopdysfunction? There's no self help groups, no printed literature. All it can do is surf the net and hope for an antidote to the new patch you've installed. The one which was supposed to increase memory and speed, but which instead creates internet impotence. Maybe somewhere there's a cure, but until there's a celebrity spokesperson or a telethon to raise funds and awareness, what's a lowly desktop to do? It's hard-breaking...
Etymology: Desktop ((computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear) & Dysfunction ((medicine) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part). Play on erectile dysfunction (impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection)
Freezedrived
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: freez - drivd
Sentence: My booting has become freezedrived ever since I applied the latest microstall patch. I now have a slowseepeeyou, a lockedclock and my ram butts badly.
Etymology: Freeze + Drive(as in Hard Drive) also play on "freeze dried" >> Freeze (Stop moving or become immobilized) Drive (computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it) Freeze Dried (The substance is frozen and then dried in a vacuum)
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COMMENTS:
Each verbotomy made me laugh more! Super Duper! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-23: 10:51:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-23: 15:48:00
Stupendous! - TJayzz, 2009-02-23: 17:25:00
PCU around...good word! - Nosila, 2009-02-23: 21:45:00
Really good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-02-24: 07:58:00
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Vistahault
Created by: coachcorrie26
Pronunciation: Vista (windows operating system) hault (to stop)
Sentence: Please do not update my laptop online with all that lollygagging nonsense because it can cause a "vistahault" and crash my entire system!
Etymology: vista (meaning beautiful/wonderful view - my beautiful/wonderful computer's view through the monitor via hard-drive) will hault (stop) running and crash my entire system!
Bugfixative
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: bug-fix-a-tiv
Sentence: Help Desk? Have you tried turning it off and on? Yes, but that last patch you pushed out has caused by beetle screensaver to become stuck and I can't do anything! Help! You'll have to go online and log a job to review the bugfixative, then we can address it. But, I can't do anything, not even go online to log a job.
Etymology: bug fix (patch) + fixative (glue, adhesive to hold everything firmly in place, makes things stick)
Executabledysfunction
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ecks-uh-cute-abuhl-dis-FUNCT-shun
Sentence: Heinrich cursed his aging laptop when it experience severe executabledysfuntion when he tried to download and install a system update of utmost importance.
Etymology: Blend of executable and dysfunction, a play on the term 'erectile dysfunction'
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COMMENTS:
Hahahaahah...Heinrich! das ist GUT!
- metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:55:00
Killer creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-23: 10:49:00
Hee! Hee! - TJayzz, 2009-02-23: 18:55:00
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Retrofret
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: reh-troh-freht
Sentence: To3m (the 3 was silent) had held onto his Commodore "Daisy" for so long that anytime he tried to update her, she pitched a retrofret.
Etymology: A play on RETROFIT, referring to an upgrade in technology + FRET, disturb or agitate
Executabledysfunction
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ecks-uh-cute-abuhl-dis-FUNCT-shun
Sentence: Brad cursed his aging laptop when it experience severe executabledysfuntion when he tried to download and install a system update of utmost importance.
Etymology: Blend of 'executable' (An executable file is a file that is used to perform various functions or operations on a computer) and 'dysfunction' (when something doesn't operate normally), a play on the term 'erectile dysfunction'
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James