Definition of MAFIAA, the

MAFIAA, the    

noun - uncountable

• a pejorative term for both the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), likening them to the mafia.

  What do you mean I should pay for that? Are you a member of the MAFIAA or something?

  • See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 10 2010.

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off-the-shelf	Definitions include: of a product, as-is rather than custom-built.
open the kimono	Definitions include: to share business details.
close up shop	Definitions include: to "close" any location.
presser	Definitions include: press conference.
Salvy	Definitions include: The Salvation Army.
rank-and-yank	Definitions include: a corporate performance review system in which employees are ranked in their performance, and the bottom-performing employees are terminated.
bread and butter	Definitions include: the main source of income for a business.
walk	Definitions include: to go free from a criminal charge.
ic	Definitions include: "I see".
pointy-haired boss	Definitions include: a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters.
single pane of glass	Definitions include: one view that surfaces essential business data, often from multiple sources.
hole in the wall	Definitions include: a small, often decrepit business.
casting couch	Definitions include: a couch on which prospective employees are expected to provide sexual favors in order to secure the position.
spec	Definitions include: "specification".
punch in	Definitions include: to start one's work shift.
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out-of-band	Definitions include: The term comes from communications and telecommunication.
A/S/L/R	Definitions include: see ASLR.
DMIID	Definitions include: acronym for "don't mind if I do".
IIR	Definitions include: acronym for "if I recall".
IIRC	Definitions include: acronym for "if I recall correctly."
b/c	Definitions include: acronym for "because".
YANAL	Definitions include: acronym for "you are not a lawyer."
adware	Definitions include: legitimate software that is free to use, but displays advertising.
white hat	Definitions include: person who engages in computer security breaching for the purpose of finding problems to fix before another party ("black hat") can maliciously exploit them.
prly	Definitions include: "probably".
TMK	Definitions include: acronym for "to my knowledge".
I for one welcome our new 'X' overlords	Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group".
DAE	Definitions include: "does anyone else..." or "does anybody else..."
hack on	Definitions include: to work on a pre-existing problem, program, or piece of source code.
bloatware	Definitions include: computer software that occupies too many resources due to its preponderance of features.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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