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splash screen
noun
- a window that appears when a computer program is started, but before its main interface is displayed.
This tool has this annoying splash screen that you have to stare at for 10 seconds before you can actually use it.
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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spoiler
noun
- something that reveals important plot elements or details from a work of fiction or non-fiction.
Citation from "You've Got Male", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- anything that ruins a person's pleasure of figuring out something unknown to them.
Person A: You're getting a road bike for Christmas.
Person B: WTF, man? Talk about a spoiler.Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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- Conscientious people are expected to announce a spoiler in advance, e.g. by including the word "spoiler" in the title of a post to a web-based forum, or verbally informing people nearby know that a conversation is going to include spoilers. This is called a "spoiler alert".
Subject: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CONTAINS SPOILERS)
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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spoof 
noun
- methamphetamine.
This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.Last edited on Jan 20 2012. Submitted by Anonymous from Placerville, CA, USA on Jun 10 1999.
- a device - usually a simple kludge - that filters the smell from exhaled marijuana smoke.
College student A: My dorm room doesn't have a window. We can't smoke our weed in there.
College student B: Don't worry, we can make a spoof out of a paper towel roll and fabric softeners.- See more words with the same meaning: marijuana paraphernalia.
Last edited on Jan 20 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 19 2012.
verb - ambitransitive
- to falsify electronic communication.
I didn't send you that e-mail saying that I was resigning. Somebody must have spoofed it!
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- See more words with the same meaning: to pretend, feign, pose.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Mar 06 2009.
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spyware
noun - uncountable
- software that lets third parties monitor a user's activities and personal data. From "spy" + "software".
Your computer is so full of spyware that you need to reinstall the OS.
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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srs bzns
noun - uncountable
- "serious business".
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Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 07 2010.
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srsly
adverb
- "seriously."
Gamer 1 (kills gamer 2): oh hell yeah
Gamer 2: srsly.- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Apr 08 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 31 2009.
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stand up
adjective
- moral, proper, decent.
He's a stand-up guy.
Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
verb - transitive
- to skip a pre-arranged meeting, especially a date.
I got stood up last night.
She stood me up!
Citation from "The Inner Circle", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episode 23 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to abandon, leave a person.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 24 2001.
- to install.
I stood up that new server last night.
Features: easily stood up.
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Last edited on Apr 07 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 07 2011.
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STFU
interjection
- acronym for "shut the fuck up". Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.)
I told that jerk to STFU yesterday.
Stfu.
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Last edited on Apr 07 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 11 2001.
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STFW
interjection
- acronym for "search the fucking web". An aggravated response to someone asking a question that can easily be answered by a web search. Also see RTFM.
Person A: Where can I download Chrome?
Person B: STFW.- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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sth
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- "something".
Person A: What are you doing?
Person B: Trying to learn sth for class.- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Jun 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 10 2011.
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