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• to hit.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb

• to fall asleep.

  So tired. I think I'll conk out early.

  Last edited on May 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

• to stop functioning.

  Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

• one's provider of illegal drugs.

  Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

• A criminal's fence or broker of information.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2009. Submitted by Pazuzu from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Nov 11 2009.

noun

• connotation, shortening of connotation

  Last edited on Sep 07 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 07 2024.

noun

• a conservative zombie, i.e. a person with conservative beliefs who does not devote significant thought to those beliefs. Pejorative. Contrast with "liberal zombie".

  Last edited on May 05 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2014.

adjective

• phrasing used to espouse the belief that something is (or should be) considered a bad idea. Used in tech circles, the expression is a nod to Edsger W. Dijkstra's March 1968 note in Communications of the ACM called: Goto Statement Considered Harmful.

  Getting wasted considered harmful.

  "Getting wasted considered harmful" considered harmful.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 05 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.