interjection

• an exclamation of frustration.

  Oh, arse!

  by Cyberchick, UK, Oct 24 1999  (Edit definition)

noun

• buttocks. Most uses of ass apply to arse, e.g. arsehole (asshole); dumb arse (dumb ass); etc. Origin: UK.

  Stick it up your arse!

  You can kick his arse.

  That bloke is a right arsehole.

  by Wendy, Purley, Greater London, UK, Oct 22 1999  (Edit definition)

• idiot.

  She's always terrible to have around, always being an arse.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004  (Edit definition)

• something incorrect, broken; MESSED UP.

  I made an arse of that.

  by Brian B., Ireland, Oct 05 2006  (Edit definition)

interjection

• Term of disgust.

  You hooked up with him? Like, barf!

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008  (Edit definition)

intransitive verb

• to vomit.

  by JB C., New York, NY, USA, Sep 14 1997  (Edit definition)

• To fail to work because of unacceptable input, perhaps with a suitable error message, perhaps not.

  The division operation barfs if you try to divide by 0.

  The text editor barfs if you try to read in a new file before writing out the old one.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• vomit.

  You got barf on your shoes.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008  (Edit definition)

• "Barf" is sometimes also used as a metasyntactic variable like "foo" and "bar".

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

• The product of an unsuccessful attempt at burning a CD or DVD. That is, an unusable CD/DVD suitable only for use as a beermat.

  Damn, I tried to burn that movie but I keep making beermat.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

notes

• In the US, "coaster" is often used in these senses.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• displeasing; of poor quality; UNCOOL.

  Don't talk to him, he's bogus.

  That was a bogus movie.

  by Dan Piersol, Apr 27 1998  (Edit definition)

• counterfeit.

  That's a bogus watch.

  by Dan Piersol, Apr 27 1998  (Edit definition)

• working, but unsafe or prone to breakdown. Lab-speak, often used in engineering circles.

  This is a pretty bogus setup.

  by Dmitri S., Sunnyvale, CA, USA, Nov 17 2002  (Edit definition)

adjective

• bad.

  I went to see the football. It was a bollocks match.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004  (Edit definition)

interjection

• exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.

  Oh, bollocks!

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001  (Edit definition)

noun

• testicles.

  I have itchy bollocks.

  by Andy, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK, Aug 21 1997  (Edit definition)

• lies.

  What a load of bollocks!

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997  (Edit definition)

• something broken or messed up.

  You made a right bollocks of that.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999  (Edit definition)

• exaggerated stories.

  As usual Malcolm came to the pub and talked non-stop bollocks all evening.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004  (Edit definition)

verb

• to screw up.

  You've really bollocksed that up.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999  (Edit definition)

notes

• Origin: UK.

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997  (Edit definition)

adjective

• good; excellent; COOL. See also the bomb.

  That movie is really bomb!

  by Kenneth G., Miami University, USA, Nov 17 1997  (Edit definition)

noun

• good marijuana.

  I've some bomb.

  by Paolo T., Jul 08 2004  (Edit definition)

• in American football, a long forward pass.

  by WalterGR, Sep 02 2009  (Edit definition)

verb

• to put graffiti on something; TAG. Also bomber (a person who "bombs,") etc.

  Phase one was one of the best train bombers.

  by Shin, Nov 30 2002  (Edit definition)

• to be disappointing.

  That party bombed.

  by Anonymous, Jan 09 2003  (Edit definition)

• to fail.

  That movie bombed in the theatres.

  by Anonymous, Jan 09 2003  (Edit definition)

• to drive fast and recklessly.

  He came bombing down the street and almost hit us.

  by Carmen E., Nov 18 2005  (Edit definition)

• to malfunction.

  Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 06 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.

  It's brick outside today.

  by Meeka B., Harlem, NY, USA, Mar 23 1999  (Edit definition)

noun

• an unintelligent person. Derived from "dumb as a brick."

  That kid is such a brick!

  by tim g., Duluth, MN, USA, May 15 2002  (Edit definition)

• a basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.

  He keeps on hitting bricks.

  Brick!

  by Fox, Queens, NY, USA, Jan 27 2003  (Edit definition)

• a large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.

  I'm gonna buy some bricks tonight.

  by Terry S., Long Island City, NY, USA, Mar 08 2003  (Edit definition)

• an external power transformer of the kind associated with laptops, modems, routers and other small computing appliances, especially one of the modern type with cords on both ends, as opposed to the type that plug directly into an outlet.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

• a piece of electronic or computer equipment that has been rendered unusable. Especially used to describe what happens to devices like routers or PDAs during a firmware update when the firmware image is damaged or power is lost. This term usually implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be "unbricked."

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

• a large cellphone.

  by WalterGR, Sep 21 2009  (Edit definition)

transitive verb

• to hit with bricks.

  James's car got bricked last night.

  by Key, Mar 21 2006  (Edit definition)

• to render a (usually portable) electronic device unusable - i.e. as useful as a brick.

  I bricked my iPhone trying to jailbreak it.

  by WalterGR, Aug 03 2009  (Edit definition)

intransitive verb

• to joke; KID.

  Ya buggin'.

  by Nelli M., Jul 27 2005  (Edit definition)

• to be extremely excited.

  I'm buggin'!

  by Wendy R., Dallas, TX 75231, USA, May 10 2007  (Edit definition)

• to react with extreme or irrational distress or composure; FREAK OUT.

  I was bugging after she got home.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008  (Edit definition)

noun

• An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, especially one that causes it to malfunction.

  There's a bug in the editor: it writes things out backwards.

  The system crashed because of a hardware bug.

  Fred is a winner, but he has a few bugs. (i.e. Fred is a good guy, but he has a few personality problems).

  by The Jargon File, Aug 13 2009  (Edit definition)

transitive verb

• to pester or annoy.

  Why do you keep bugging me? Go away.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008  (Edit definition)

origin

• Regarding the "unwanted and unintended property" meaning:
  
  Admiral Grace Hopper (an early computing pioneer better known for inventing the programming language COBOL) liked to tell a story in which a technician solved a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II machine by pulling an actual insect out from between the contacts of one of its relays, and she subsequently promulgated "bug" in its hackish sense as a joke about the incident (though, as she was careful to admit, she was not there when it happened). For many years the logbook associated with the incident and the actual bug in question (a moth) sat in a display case at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The entire story, with a picture of the logbook and the moth taped into it, is recorded in the Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 1981), pp. 285--286. The text of the log entry (from September 9, 1947), reads, "1545 Relay #70 Panel F (moth) in relay. First actual case of bug being found."
  
  This wording establishes that the term was already in use at the time in its current specific sense, and Hopper herself reports that the term "bug" was regularly applied to problems in radar electronics during WWII.
  
  Indeed, the use of "bug" to mean an industrial defect was already established in Thomas Edison's time, and a more specific and rather modern use can be found in an electrical handbook from 1896 (Hawkin's New Catechism of Electricity, Theo. Audel & Co.) which says, "The term "bug" is used to a limited extent to designate any fault or trouble in the connections or working of electric apparatus."
  
  It further notes that the term is said to have originated in quadruplex telegraphy and have been transferred to all electric apparatus.
  
  The latter observation may explain a common folk etymology of the term: that it came from telephone company usage, in which bugs in a telephone cable were blamed for noisy lines.
  
  Historians of the field inform us that the term was regularly used in the early days of telegraphy to refer to a variety of semi-automatic telegraphy keyers that would send a string of dots if you held them down. In fact, the Vibroplex keyers (which were among the most common of this type) even had a graphic of a beetle on them (and still do)! While the ability to send repeated dots automatically was very useful for professional morse code operators, these were also significantly trickier to use than the older manual keyers, and it could take some practice to ensure one didn't introduce extraneous dots into the code by holding the key down a fraction too long. In the hands of an inexperienced operator, a Vibroplex "bug" on the line could mean that a lot of garbled Morse would soon be coming your way.
  
  Further, the term has long been used among radio technicians to describe a device that converts electromagnetic field variations into acoustic signals. It is used to trace radio interference and look for dangerous radio emissions. Radio community usage derives from the roach-like shape of the first versions used by 19th century physicists. The first versions consisted of a coil of wire (roach body), with the two wire ends sticking out and bent back to nearly touch forming a spark gap (roach antennae). The bug is to the radio technician what the stethoscope is to the stereotypical medical doctor. This sense is almost certainly ancestral to modern use of "bug" meaning a covert monitoring device, but may also have contributed to the use of the term for the effects of radio interference itself.
  
  Actually, use of "bug" in the general sense of a disruptive event goes back to Shakespeare! (Henry VI, part III - Act V, Scene II: King Edward:
  
  "So, lie thou there. Die thou; and die our fear; For Warwick was a bug that fear'd us all."
  
  In the first edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary one meaning of "bug" is "A frightful object; a walking spectre." This is traced to "bugbear", a Welsh term for a variety of mythological monster which (to complete the circle) has recently been reintroduced into the popular lexicon through fantasy role-playing games. In any case, in jargon the word almost never refers to insects.
  
  A careful discussion of the etymological issues can be found in a paper by Fred R. Shapiro, 1987, "Entomology of the Computer Bug: History and Folklore", American Speech 62(4):376-378.
  
  As of late 1990, the NSWC still had the bug, but had unsuccessfully tried to get the Smithsonian to accept it. The present curator of their History of American Technology Museum didn't know this and agreed that it would make a worthwhile exhibit. It was moved to the Smithsonian in mid-1991, but due to space and money constraints was not actually exhibited for years afterwards.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 13 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• extremely ugly.

  I met your boyfriend in person and he was busted!

  by La M., New York, NY, USA, Dec 02 1998  (Edit definition)

• under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

  I got so busted at the party I couldn't stand up.

  by Angelina, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA, May 06 1999  (Edit definition)

• broken.

  Sorry, the television is busted.

  by ALison, Riverside, CA, USA, Jan 06 2002  (Edit definition)

• bad, generally displeasing.

  That movie was busted.

  by Mike, PA, USA, Apr 07 2002  (Edit definition)

• bedraggled.

  After her long night of partying, she looked busted.

  by Lillian W., New Haven, CT, USA, Jul 27 2004  (Edit definition)

notes

• See also bust.

  by WalterGR, Jun 26 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• out of alignment; CROOKED.

  I need to get my wheels aligned. They're sitting all cattywompus.

  by Truus V., The Netherlands, Jun 25 2002  (Edit definition)

• diagonally across from something else.

  Her house was conveniently located cattywompus from the post office.

  The wastebasket into which she attempted to vomit, was only cattywompus from her mouth. Nevertheless, she regretfully painted the walls instead.

  by Melanie Arnold Meri and Angie Knight, IN, USA, Dec 26 2002  (Edit definition)

noun

• The product of an unsuccessful attempt at burning a CD or DVD. That is, an unusable CD/DVD suitable only for use as a coaster.

  Damn, I tried to burn that movie but I keep making coasters.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

• CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

notes

• In the UK, "beermat" is often used in these senses.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009  (Edit definition)

noun

• a computer that malfunctions frequently. See poo.

  Dude, what's up with the compooter? I need to get on the web.

  by Lamar Haslam, Buffalo, NY, USA, Jun 07 2007  (Edit definition)

adjective

• all screwed up.

  My computer got a virus and is all confuckulated.

  by Dennis G., Sacramento, CA, USA, Dec 01 2001  (Edit definition)

adjective

• under the influence of drugs.

  I was so cooked last night.

  by Marley Dewar, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, May 21 1998  (Edit definition)

• broken.

  Well, you drove without any oil. Why do you think your car is cooked?

  by Robert H., Kingston, PA, USA, Jun 13 2004  (Edit definition)

adjective

• extremely tired.

  I am so deaded, I can't go out tonight.

  by Sarah, New York, NY, USA, Nov 23 2002  (Edit definition)

• broken.

  We can't watch TV here because it's deaded.

  by Sarah, New York, NY, USA, Nov 23 2002  (Edit definition)

adjective

• under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid").

  He was so fried last night.

  by Jared Meyer, MO, USA, Jul 01 1997  (Edit definition)

• permanently impaired due to consuming too much LSD ("acid").

  He's done so much acid he's fried.

  by William A., Big Sky, MT, USA, Jan 01 2000  (Edit definition)

• non-functioning, in reference to electronic devices.

  That phone is fried.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

intransitive verb

• to be under the influence of drugs.

  He was frying last night.

  by Anonymous, Jan 02 2003  (Edit definition)

• to die by the electric chair.

  by WalterGR, Aug 11 2009  (Edit definition)

transitive verb

• to make fun of.

  by Renee A., Sep 08 2004  (Edit definition)

• to cause a piece of electronics to fail, usually in an unrecoverable way.

  Yeah, I spilled some Coke into my monitor and fried it.

  by The Jargon File, Aug 14 2009  (Edit definition)

adjective

• confused, ruined; MESSED UP. Term is an acronym of "fucked up beyond all recognition." Also fubared.

  That project is totally fubar.

  That project is totally fubared.

  by Wayne C., San Mateo, CA, USA, Feb 23 1998  (Edit definition)

notes

• Also described as an acronym for "fucked up beyond all reason."

  by Erik J., Gera, Germany, Mar 25 2006  (Edit definition)

adjective

• disturbing.

  That movie was fucked up.

  You're pretty fucked up!

  by Jay Schirmer, Tomahawk, WI, USA, Mar 03 1998  (Edit definition)

• extremely intoxicated on alcohol or other drugs.

  He got so fucked up last night that he couldn't see.

  by Jay Schirmer, Tomahawk, WI, USA, Mar 03 1998  (Edit definition)

• weird or unusual.

  You're pretty fucked up!

  by Jay Schirmer, Tomahawk, WI, USA, Mar 03 1998  (Edit definition)

• damaged, broken, or injured.

  Sorry, the TV is fucked up.

  He got fucked up in the fight.

  by Jay Schirmer, Tomahawk, WI, USA, Mar 03 1998  (Edit definition)

• extremely rude or improper.

  Did you hear Ramsey dumped his girlfriend because she was getting too fat? That's pretty fucked up.

  by Anonymous, Dec 13 2002  (Edit definition)