- backronym n.
[portmanteau of back + acronym] A word
interpreted as an acronym that was not originally so intended.
This is a special case of what linguists call `back formation'. Example... - backspace and overstrike interj.
[rare] Whoa! Back up.
Used to suggest that someone just said or did something wrong.... - backward combatability /bak'w*rd k*m-bat'*-bil'*-tee/ n.
[CMU, Tektronix... - BAD /B-A-D/ adj.
[IBM: acronym, `Broken As Designed']
Said of a program that is bogus because of bad design and
misfeatures rather than because of bugginess.
See working as designed.... - Bad and Wrong adj.
[Durham, UK] Said of something that
is both badly designed and wrongly executed.
This common term is the prototype of, and is used by contrast with, three less common te... - Bad Thing n.
[very common; from the 1930 Sellar &
Yeatman parody "1066 And All That"] Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject.... - bag on the side n.
[prob. originally related to a
colostomy bag] An extension to an established hack that
is supposed to add some functionality to the original.
Usually derogatory, implyi... - bagbiter /bag'bi:t-*r/ n.
1. Something, such as a
program or a computer, that fails to work, or works in a remarkably
clumsy manner.
This text editor won't let me make a file with a line... - bagbiting adj.
Having the quality of a bagbiter.
"This bagbiting system won't let me compute the factorial of a negative number.... - baggy pantsing v.
[Georgia Tech] A "baggy pantsing" is
used to reprimand hackers who incautiously leave their terminals
unlocked.
The affected user will come back to find a post from them...
