Related:

• wedgitude /wedj'i-t[y]ood/ n. The quality or state of being wedged.
• wedgie: [Fairchild] n. A bug. Prob. related to {wedged}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• winnitude: /win'*-t[y]ood/ n. The quality of winning (as opposed to {winnage}, which is the result of winning).
  Guess what? They tweaked the microcode and now the LISP interpreter runs twice as fast as it used to....
• hackishness: n. The quality of being or involving a hack.
  This term is considered mildly silly. Syn. {hackitude}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• locked up: adj. Syn. for {hung}, {wedged}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• ate: n. 1. Condition, situation. "What's the state of your latest hack?
  It's winning away." "The system tried to read and write the disk simultaneously and got into a totally {wedged} state....
• monstrosity: 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or system, esp.
  one that is buggy or only marginally functional. 2....
• YOYO MODE n. State in which the system is said to be when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  -- From the AI Hackers' Dictionary...
• etnews: /net'n[y]ooz/ n. 1. The software that makes {USENET} run.
  2. The content of USENET. "I read netnews right after my mail most mornings....