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Definition of plug and pray
plug and pray
adjective
- from "Plug and Play," by which computers automatically attempt to recognize newly attached devices. The "pray" in "plug and pray" is commentary that this often didn't (or doesn't, depending on one's experience) work properly.
I bought a new plug and pray modem. We'll see what happens when I actually try to use it.
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Last edited on Feb 23 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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| Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery". | |
| Definitions include: "rain". | |
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| Definitions include: clumsy. | |
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| Definitions include: the best. | |
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| Definitions include: for there to be no chance of success. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: "pray to Jesus". | |
| Definitions include: vomit. | |
| Definitions include: Comes from the kneeling position one finds oneself in while puking. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet while on one's knees. | |
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