Browsing page 14 of new words for August 14, 2009

noun

• temporary storage space used then moving or reconfiguring a room.

  I'm using the break room as swap space.

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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• to overcome, to conquer.

  Dude, I totally tanked that quantum mechanics test.

  If used reflexively, may take on opposite meaning, as in:

  Dude, that quantum mechanics test has me so tanked.

  Last edited on Apr 07 2013. Submitted by Maxwell from VA, USA on Mar 20 1999.

• go belly up, go bankrupt.

  His regime will tank soon.

  Last edited on Sep 17 2002. Submitted by Howard J. from Leesburg, VA, USA on Sep 17 2002.

• came to an end

  His career tanked.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2003. Submitted by M. J. from Dallas, TX, USA on Mar 24 2003.

• a person who goes for long periods at a time, such as perhaps a race.

  Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Andrea Y. on Mar 31 2005.

• being really good at something or really cool in some way shape or form.

  Jim: Yo, you wanna go play football later?
  
  Bob: Hell yeah I'm a fuckin' tank at football.
  
  Jim: I'm more tank than you, bitch.

  Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Charlie B. on Nov 19 2008.

noun

• a large, solidly built motor vehicle.

  Do you still drive that old tank?

  • See more words with the same meaning: car, motorcycle, or other vehicle.

  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

verb

• to fail.

  I completely tanked my interview yesterday.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 14 2009.

verb - transitive

• to cause something to fail.

                                                                                                                             
  
  Citation from "The Best Christmas Story Never Told", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 9 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 03 2013.

adjective

• permanently broken.

  I think the motherboard in my computer is toast.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• more than likely to be hurt very badly.

  If you mess with him, you're toast.

  Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Patrick B. from River Ridge, LA, USA on Nov 26 1999.

• Something that is broken, a person who is in a hopeless situation. When used to describe a person there are connotations of an unfair situation. Originated in hacker/tech culture to describe a piece of hardware that was broken.

  Slap some jam on that baby 'cause it's toast!

  Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Jamie B. from Kansas City, MO, USA on Jun 13 2002.

• doomed.

  Saddam Hussein is toast.

  Last edited on Sep 17 2002. Submitted by Howard J. from Leesburg, VA, USA on Sep 17 2002.

• Ugly Toes

  Last edited on Nov 15 2021. Submitted by M.A. Capone from Grand Junction, CO, USA on Nov 15 2021.

noun

• an underpowered computer.

  There's no way Ubuntu would run on that toaster of yours.

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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• a computer that solves a specific task. Used as an appliance. For example, the "video toaster."
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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• a pistol; glock.

  Last edited on Dec 16 2014. Submitted by Chuck S. on Dec 16 2014.

verb - transitive

• to change something in a small, mindless way.

  Try twiddling those bits and see if it fixes the bug.

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  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• a metaphorical area that contains the underlying implementation of something - e.g. a piece of hardware, a piece of software, an idea, etc.

  Let's now look under the hood to see how the software goes about transmitting data so quickly.

  To understand how it really works we need to look under the hood.

  Does your excursion call for more power than the 173-horsepower four-cylinder under the hood?

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  Last edited on Apr 17 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• inside the chassis of a piece of equipment, such as a computer.

  Under the hood, this baby has quad-core AMD Phenom!

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

origin

• By reference to looking under the hood (aka "bonnet") of a motor vehicle to inspect its engine, transmission, etc.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.