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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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Upstall
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: up-stall
Sentence: I just upstalled that emergency patch, and it slowed to a crawl, before throwing an out of memory error and rebooting.
Etymology: Upgrade (load a new version) + stall (slow down or stop)
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
Upstallation
Created by: BitCrack
Pronunciation: like installation, with up at the beginning.
Sentence: "watch out man, that Starcraft patch gave me some major upstallation"
Etymology:
Useupgrade
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: use/up/grade
Sentence: The patch to fix the program uses more memory than the program itself, making it a useupgrade rather than a viable program.
Etymology: USEUPGRADE - from - USE UP + UPGRADE
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - TJayzz, 2009-02-23: 17:27:00
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Arthridical
Created by: letty
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You have an arthridical patient.
Etymology:
Scupperdate
Created by: muffinman
Pronunciation: Scup-per-date
Sentence: n. My computer went into meltdown last night after that Windows scupperdate started by itself. v. Windows started scupperdating my laptop last night because I left it to restart by mistake.
Etymology: Scupper + update = scupperdate
Freezamavista
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: FREE zah mah VEES tah
Sentence: June came in and found me working on her computer trying to give her the office upgrades. The next thing she's saying "Hasta la vista, Baby. Back away from my computer. You are not going to freezamavista." "Hasta la vista to you too June. And I won't be back," I told her.
Etymology: FREEZE: as in computer freeze MY: VISTA: operating system PLAY ON HASTA LA VISTA: see you later in Spanish
Giveupdate
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Giv-up-day-t
Sentence: Johnny left for lunch early as his workstation wasn't usable while it was giveupdating.
Etymology: give-up (to concede,relent) and update (to bring in line, to improve)
Floptimize
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: flop-tim-eyes
Sentence: The decision to floptimize my computer was a wrong one, seeing as it can now barely perform addition.
Etymology: Flop-optimize
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COMMENTS:
It was either this or stoptimize - FreakyDeak, 2010-09-08: 02:53:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-09-08: 08:57:00
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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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James