Browsing page 78 of "C" words

interjection

• contraction of "come on".

  C'mon, hurry up. Got to get going.

                               
  
                                                                                  
  
                                                     
  
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  Citation from "Episode 3", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: contractions (list of).

  Last edited on Nov 20 2012. Submitted by JJ on Nov 09 2001.

• a $100 bill.

  Last edited on Jan 12 1999. Submitted by Ron C. on Jan 12 1999.

noun

• a $100 bill. Origin: the Roman numeral for 100 is C.

  Do you have change for a c-note?

  Could you loan me a c-note?

  • See more words with the same meaning: money.

  Last edited on Nov 26 1999. Submitted by Patrick B. from River Ridge, LA, USA on Nov 26 1999.

noun

• a CD or DVD that was unsuccessfully burned, and is then useless except for as a coaster.

  That cheap DVD-creation software that came with my new drive keeps making coasters.

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

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

• unwanted optical media (e.g. CDs) received as junk mail. For example, installation CDs for AOL.

  In the 90s, AOL was notorious for mass-mailing coasters.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: junk, garbage, trash, useless items.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

verb - transitive

• to ruin writable optical media via a write ("burn") attempt which fails.

  My computer's so slow I coastered five CDs last week.

  Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Phil from Berkeley, CA, USA on Aug 16 2002.

notes

• Regarding the noun senses of this term, "beermat" is (allegedly) used in the UK.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.