Definition of showstopper

showstopper    

noun

• a bug that makes hardware or software unusable. For example, crashing on startup. "Showstopper" bugs certainly must be fixed before a product can be released, and often need to be fixed before development can proceed.
  
  Interestingly, in its original theatrical use, a "showstopper" is something that's amazingly good.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
FFS	Definitions include: acronym for "for fuck's sake."
A/S/L/R	Definitions include: see ASLR.
nope	Definitions include: "no".
IIR	Definitions include: acronym for "if I recall".
bbygrl	Definitions include: "babygirl", i.e. girlfriend.
l33t hax0r	Definitions include: a l33t hax0r.
gorilla arm	Definitions include: an arm that has become sore, cramped, and / or muscular due to extended use of touch screens on computing devices.
srs	Definitions include: "serious".
egosurf	Definitions include: to search the world wide web for references that would enlarge a person's ego.
ATM	Definitions include: acronym for "ass-to-mouth", i.e. a sex act in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio or cunnilingus.
WTMI	Definitions include: acronym for "way TMI", i.e. "way too much information".
ICYMI	Definitions include: acronym for "in case you missed it".
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Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy':
hork	Definitions include: to steal.
total	Definitions include: to wreck a vehicle such that repairs would cost more than the value of the (unwrecked) vehicle.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
take out	Definitions include: to injure or destroy.
fry	Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
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nerf	Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
scrog	Definitions include: to have sex.
go caput	Definitions include: to break, to fail.
brick	Definitions include: very cold.
go kaput	Definitions include: to break, to fail.
hose	Definitions include: to lie to.
Slashdot	Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it.
barf	Definitions include: to vomit.
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rainbow yawn	Definitions include: Threw up.
yurp	Definitions include: a way to get a person's attention from a long distance.
gift	Definitions include: a loser.
bhadd	Definitions include: of a female, attractive.
tote an *ss whuppin'	Definitions include: to receive a beating.
half-pint	Definitions include: a short person.
skits out	Definitions include: quick outburst of angry toward someone.
aforetexted	Definitions include: previously texted.
BFFL	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life".
egotude	Definitions include: "ego" + "attitude".

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