Jargon Coiner (#1)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* WINCURSE: Loud expletive uttered when a Linux user comes face-to-face
with a computer containing a WinModem.
Example: "Eric wincursed when his mother showed him the new computer she
bought from CompUSSR... which contained a WinModem and a WinSoundCard."
* WIND'OH KEY: Nickname given to the three useless Windows keys that come
on virtually all new keyboards. These keys are often hit by mistake
instead of CTRL or ALT, causing the user to shout "D'oh!"
* DE-WIND'OH!ED KEYBOARD: (1) A new keyboard produced without any wind'oh!
keys or a "Enhanced for Windows 95/98" logo. Extremely rare. (2) A
keyboard in which the wind'oh! keys have been physically removed.
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* WINCURSE: Loud expletive uttered when a Linux user comes face-to-face
with a computer containing a WinModem.
Example: "Eric wincursed when his mother showed him the new computer she
bought from CompUSSR... which contained a WinModem and a WinSoundCard."
* WIND'OH KEY: Nickname given to the three useless Windows keys that come
on virtually all new keyboards. These keys are often hit by mistake
instead of CTRL or ALT, causing the user to shout "D'oh!"
* DE-WIND'OH!ED KEYBOARD: (1) A new keyboard produced without any wind'oh!
keys or a "Enhanced for Windows 95/98" logo. Extremely rare. (2) A
keyboard in which the wind'oh! keys have been physically removed.
Related:
- Jargon Coiner (#9)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* RHYMES WITH CYNICS: The final answer to any debate about how to pronounce Linux.... - Jargon Coiner (#6)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* TLDography (pronounced till-daw-graffy): The study of top leval domains.... - quadruple bucky n. obs.
1. On an MIT space-cadet keyboard, use of all four of the shifting keys (control,
hyper, and super) while typing a character key.
2. On a Stanford or MIT keyboard in raw mode, use of four shift keys while typing a fifth character, where the four shift keys are the control and meta keys on both sides of the keyboard.... - quadruple bucky: n., obs. 1. On an MIT {space-cadet keyboard},
use of all four of the shifting keys (control, meta, hyper, and
super) while typing a character key.
2. On a Stanford or MIT keyboard in {raw mode}, use of four shift keys while typing a fifth character, where the four shift keys are the control and meta keys on *both* sides of the keyboard.... - Jargon Coiner (#3)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* LILOSPLAININ': Arduous process of explaining why there's now a LILO boot prompt on the office computer.... - Jargon Coiner (#4)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* FREE LECTURE: Attempting to explain the concepts of Linux, Open Source software, free software, and gift cultures to someone who is not familiar with them.... - Jargon Coiner (#2)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* SLASHDUP EFFECT, THE: Accidentally posting two or more duplicate comments to Slashdot, usually as the result of hitting ENTER at the wrong time or fumbling with the Preview option.... - Jargon Coiner (#13)
An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon
that we've just made up.
* NINETY-NINERS: In 1849, a horde of people ("Forty-niners") headed to California to pan gold and get rich quick.... - BSOD Simulator
Users of Red Hat 6.0 are discovering a new feature that hasn't been widely
advertised
a Blue Screen of Death simulator. By default, the bsodsim program activates when the user hits the virtually unused SysRq key (this is customizable) causing the system to switch to a character cell console to display a ficticious Blue Screen....
