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G
gender bender
noun
- a male who acts like a female or vice versa.
Last edited on May 19 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on May 19 2011.
- a cable connector device with either two male or two female connectors on it, used to connect mismatched cables. Also called "gender mender" and "sex changer".
I need a gender bender before I can hook up this printer.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
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jock itch
noun - uncountable
- a fungal infection of the groin region (Tinea cruris).
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
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off-the-shelf
adjective
- of a product, as-is rather than custom-built.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
- available, ready to be used
Last edited on Feb 01 2013. Submitted by i.heart.you.maybe on Feb 01 2013.
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pointy-haired boss
noun
- a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters. From Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
notes
- This term is acronymized as "PHB".
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 15 2011.
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SNR
noun
- acronym for signal-to-noise ratio.
- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
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spam
noun
- unsolicited advertisements sent in bulk via e-mail.
- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: mail (related to).
Last edited on Jan 19 1997. Submitted by Jeff Mustin from Bentonville, AR, USA on Jan 19 1997.
- advertisements posted in any inappropriate place on the internet (blog comments, discussion forums, etc.)
- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Aug 14 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- any excessive quantity of communication in a medium that isn't appropriate for it. For example, sending hundreds of lines of nonsense in a chat-room.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- multiple copies of an identical or nearly-identical message sent to a large number of internet discussion groups.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- off-topic messages posted to an internet forum.
He's been posting UFO conspiracy theory spam to Usenet for years.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- multiple copies of a message sent to a discussion forum.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
- any type of unwanted communication via any medium.
Citation from FCC: Nearly half the calls you receive this year will be spam, Katie Bernard, CNN, 14 February 2019 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 15 2019.
verb - ambitransitive
- to send or post "spam" as described in the noun senses.
- See more words with the same meaning: advertisement (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
origin
- From a Monty Python sketch about Spam. Some Vikings are singing a song about Spam so loudly that no one else can communicate.
Last edited on Jan 22 1999. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999.
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swap in
verb - transitive
- Details are available in the entry for swap. See also page in.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
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