:gubbish: /guhb'*sh/ [a portmanteau of `garbage' and
`rubbish'; may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick]
n. Garbage; crap; nonsense. "What is all this gubbish?" The
opposite portmanteau `rubbage' is also reported.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
`rubbish'; may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick]
n. Garbage; crap; nonsense. "What is all this gubbish?" The
opposite portmanteau `rubbage' is also reported.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- gubbish /guhb'*sh/ n.
[a portmanteau of `garbage' and
`rubbish';
may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick]... - garbage collect: vi. (also `garbage collection', n.) See {GC}.
The AI Hackers... - Sturgeon's Law: prov. "Ninety percent of everything is crap".
Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore... - chicken head: [Commodore] n. The Commodore Business Machines logo,
which strongly resembles a poultry part. Rendered... - crapplet n.
[portmanteau, crap + applet] A worthless
applet,
esp. a Java widget attached to a web page that doesn't... - GC: /G-C/ [from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect']
1.
vt. To clean up and throw away useless things. "I... - netiquette: /net'ee-ket/ or /net'i-ket/ [portmanteau from "network
etiquette"] n.
The conventions of politeness recognized on {USENET}... - mouso: /mow'soh/ n. [by analogy with `typo'] An error in mouse usage
resulting in an inappropriate selection or graphic garbage on the
screen.
Compare {thinko}, {braino}. -- The AI Hackers... - cowboy: [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] n.
Synonym for {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun...
