win
[MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed. A
program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if
it sufficiently robust to take exceptions in stride.
2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof. A pleasing
outcome. "So it turned out I could use a lexer generator
instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. What a win!"
Emphatic forms: `moby win', `super win', `hyper-win' (often
used interjectively as a reply). For some reason `suitable win'
is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory
solution to a problem. Oppose lose; see also big win,
which isn't quite just an intensification of `win'.
[MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed. A
program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if
it sufficiently robust to take exceptions in stride.
2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof. A pleasing
outcome. "So it turned out I could use a lexer generator
instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. What a win!"
Emphatic forms: `moby win', `super win', `hyper-win' (often
used interjectively as a reply). For some reason `suitable win'
is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory
solution to a problem. Oppose lose; see also big win,
which isn't quite just an intensification of `win'.
Related:
- win: [MIT] 1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected
conditions arise,
or (especially) if it sufficiently {robust} to take... - suitable win n.
See win... - big win n.
1. [common] Major success. 2. [MIT]
Serendipity.
"Yes, those two physicists discovered high-temperature... - moby /moh'bee/
[MIT: seems to have been in use among
model railroad fans years ago.
Derived from Melville's "Moby Dick" (some say from... - I win!"
by U.... - Win Some Lose Some...
But When Do I Win Some... - win big vi.
To experience serendipity. "I went shopping
and won big;
there was a 2-for-1 sale." See big win... - Win or lose,
you lose... - win win excl.
Expresses pleasure at a win...
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[ostensibly from `gefingerpoken']
vt.
Syn. mung. See also blinkenlights... - tourist information n.
Information in an on-line display
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1. An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous
inelegance.
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The anointed successor to MS-DOS for
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