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• computer confetti: n. Syn. {chad}. Though this term is common, this use of punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
  GLS reports that he once attended a wedding at MIT during which he and a few other guests enthusiastically threw chad instead of rice....
• chad: /chad/ n. 1. The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion.
  Also called {selvage} and {perf}. 2. obs. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape...
• chad /chad/ n. 1. [common] The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion.
  Also called selvage, perf, and ripoff 2. obs. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape...
• aga n. [WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N random broken people.
  Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L....
• Quote #372 PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country.
  -- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulliga...
• perf /perf/ n. Syn. chad (sense 1). The term `perfory' /per'f*-ree/ is also heard.
  The term perf may also refer to the perforations themselves, rather than the chad they produce when torn (philatelists use it this way)....
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....
• The honeymooning couple agreed it was a fine day for horseback riding.
  After a mile or so, the bride's mount cantered under a low tree and a branch scraped her forehead lightly....
• punched card:: alt. `punch card' [techspeak] n.obs.
  The signature medium of computing's {Stone Age}, now obsolescent outside of some IBM shops....