Browsing page 15 of new words for August 14, 2009

noun

• the "real world" time of day - i.e. the time of day displayed by the clock on the wall - rather than other measures of time, such as a computer's current uptime.
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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• the amount of time taken for some task to be completed, as measured in normal human time. (This is different than some measures of time in computing.)

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

noun

• a member of the computer subculture which trades in illegal copies of copyrighted software.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to make a copy, pirate, bootleg.

  Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• a small piece of a design that doesn't work as well as the rest of the design.

  The final version of the software is mostly ready, but we have a few warts to fix.

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  Last edited on Jun 29 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• nauseous, irritable, with an aching body and headaches, as a result of staying awake too long.

  Man! You look wedged.

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  Last edited on Feb 17 2018. Submitted by Mike S. from Phoenix, AZ, USA on May 28 1999.

• of a piece of software, stuck and unable to proceed without human intervention.

  The email reader is wedged. I think you need to delete the lock file.

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

noun - uncountable

• the practice of repeatedly getting rid of something, only to have more of that thing appear. For example, deleting spammers' e-mail accounts, closing pop-up windows in a web browser, etc.

  I've been playing whack-a-mole all afternoon.

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

verb

• to chronically masturbate.

  Man, Bob would rather grab a couple of videos and go all whack-a-mole on himself than come out with us tonight.

  Last edited on May 31 2016. Submitted by Pazuzu from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Nov 06 2009.

origin

• From the carnival / arcade game that involves hitting mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes.

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

interjection

• a general exclamation.

  Yow, that's a nice rig!

  Yow, that hurt.

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

verb

• to empower,excite or electrify

  Last edited on Jun 10 2012. Submitted by jeanjeanius on Jun 10 2012.

• stoned.

  That weed zapped me.

  I'm totally zapped after that spliff!

  Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by jeanjeanius on Jun 10 2012.

verb - transitive

• zapping someone is cussing them out.

  He zapped me after I dumped him.

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  Last edited on Aug 19 2012. Submitted by Kit from Des Moines, IA, USA on May 04 2002.

• to erase.

  I accidentally zapped my research paper last night.

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  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• to damage ("fry") an electronic component with electricity.

  When I stuck a pen in my power supply, it zapped the hard disk.

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

• to shock with electricity.

  Last edited on Oct 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 04 2010.

• to microwave.

  Zap it for about a minute and a half.

  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2011.

• to write "zap" on someone's hand as a part of a game that has many variants.

  You've been zapped! Now any time someone says your name, you have to say "I love you."

  Last edited on Aug 19 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 10 2012.