:veeblefester: /vee'b*l-fes`tr/ [from the "Born Loser"
comix via Commodore; prob. originally from "Mad" Magazine's
`Veeblefeetzer' parodies ca. 1960] n. Any obnoxious person engaged
in the (alleged) professions of marketing or management. Antonym
of {hacker}. Compare {suit}, {marketroid}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
comix via Commodore; prob. originally from "Mad" Magazine's
`Veeblefeetzer' parodies ca. 1960] n. Any obnoxious person engaged
in the (alleged) professions of marketing or management. Antonym
of {hacker}. Compare {suit}, {marketroid}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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[from the
"Born Loser" comix via Commodore;
prob. originally from "Mad" Magazine's `Veeblefetzer'... - suit: n. 1. Ugly and uncomfortable `business clothing' often
worn by non-hackers.
Invariably worn with a `tie', a strangulation device... - salescritter: /sayls'kri`tr/ n. Pejorative hackerism for a computer
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Houston ca.
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any language,
as opposed to the linkable or executable binary ... - Yow!: /yow/ [from "Zippy the Pinhead" comix] interj.
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soft-boot or jump to ROM monitor (on machines that support such a
feature).
On many micros this is Ctrl-Alt-Del; on Suns, L1-A... - suit n.
1. Ugly and uncomfortable `business
clothing' often worn by non-hackers.
Invariably worn with a `tie', a strangulation device...
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Ere the first day of death is fled,
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