{"id":1358,"date":"2011-12-06T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2011-12-06T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T17:00:11","slug":"macintoldyouso-computer-programmers-do-not-make-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1358","title":{"rendered":"Macintoldyouso: Computer programmers do not make mistakes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A computer programmer who corrects software problems by bugging the users, rather than debugging the software. <em>v.<\/em> To pinpoint the blame for any defects in a product, especially a software product which you have created, on &#8220;illogical&#8221; end-users. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/egg.gif\" alt=\"Computer programmers do not make mistakes.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Macintoldyouso<\/strong>:  \/<em>mack-in-told-you-so<\/em>\/ &#8220;The debug error of your .doc file has corrupted .dll operating systembytes,&#8221; said Herbert, the IT guy.  &#8220;Sooooorry Mr. Macintoldyouso,&#8221; I muttered under my breath. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Macintosh+Told you so <em>Created by:<\/em> youmustvotenato.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blamebomb<\/strong>:  \/<em>bl\u00c4\u0081mb\u00c3\u00a4m<\/em>\/ When Jessica emailed a complaint about software developed by her company&#8217;s software department, someone appeared at her cubicle almost immediately. After a couple of terse questions, he blamebombed her and huffed his way back to wherever it is these people hide out. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  blame (assign responsibility for a fault or wrong) + bomb (attack) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mistech<\/strong>:  \/<em>mis tek<\/em>\/ Lech, our mistech, mistook a mistake that Missy would make.  He would make her shake and quake, about her mistake, even when his take of her mistake was a flake. He could wreck the heck on her neck, if he we didn&#8217;t keep our mistech in check.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Mistake (error) &amp; Tech (a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing) <\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=egg\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=egg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;illogical&#8221; end-users. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Macintoldyouso: \/mack-in-told-you-so\/ &#8220;The debug error of your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1358\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Macintoldyouso: Computer programmers do not make mistakes.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}