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Definition of foot gun
foot gun
noun
- a feature of a specific technology that makes it easy to shoot (one's self) in the foot.
C++ has too many foot guns.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Jul 14 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 14 2019.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "on the way". | |
| Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident. | |
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Other terms relating to 'to make a mistake, be incorrect, err': | |
| Definitions include: an erection. | |
| Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock. | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing. | |
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| Definitions include: confused, ruined; "messed up". | |
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| Definitions include: to ruin; "mess up". | |
| Definitions include: to botch. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
| Definitions include: to smoke marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: to make a mistake. | |
| Definitions include: a breast. | |
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| Definitions include: photograph--used as noun or verb, as in "isn't this a great phot of her" or "I am going to phot that building" | |
| Definitions include: "out of sight, out of mind". | |
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| Definitions include: to go crazy. | |
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| Definitions include: hot, attractive. |
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