Verboticism: Busplug

'I don't let my laptop date!'

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".

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Busplug

metrohumanx

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: Busplug

metrohumanx - 2009-02-23: 00:30:00
Sorry about this one, gang. I just couldn'r resist it....

Nosila - 2009-02-23: 00:46:00
Hope he has some Viaoagra

metrohumanx - 2009-02-23: 01:01:00
While tecnically inaccurate, i just went with it because it was slopping over with subtlety and nuance...

silveryaspen - 2009-02-23: 11:20:00
Naughty but good, so will cut you some slaxative!

abrakadeborah - 2009-03-25: 14:09:00
BUSPLUG similar to the "blue screen of death"

abrakadeborah - 2009-03-25: 14:10:00
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