Browsing page 39 of words meaning computers, electronics, technology (657 words total)

interjection

• acronym for "love you like a sister".

  LYLAS, Lisa!

  • See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).

  Last edited on Aug 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb

• to solve a problem in a creative, resourceful, typically "jury-rigged" fashion. Can be used as an adjective to describe such a solution. Also MacGyverism, the noun form.

  Let me MacGyver that real quick.

  Fred McGyvered his way out of being grounded.

  That shit is MacGyver.

  That's quite a MacGyverism!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to fix.

  Last edited on Apr 16 1998. Submitted by Kaseem from Lancaster, PA, USA on Apr 16 1998.

• a quick or temporary fix-it job.

  That mechanic totally MacGyvered my car.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to fix.

  Last edited on Aug 12 1998. Submitted by Jewels D. from Pordenone (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Italy on Aug 12 1998.

origin

• The television show MacGyver, whose protagonist escaped difficult situations in creative ways, using whatever items were at hand. For example: repairing a cut fuel line with a ball-point pen.
  • See more words with the same meaning: TV, television.

  Last edited on Apr 16 1998. Submitted by Kaseem from Lancaster, PA, USA on Apr 16 1998.

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.

noun

• software that does bad things. From "malicious" + "software".

  My computer has been really slow lately. I hope I don't have any malware.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• the real world, as opposed to the "virtual" world of computers, also known as cyberspace.

  We instant messaged for a month and finally decided to meet for coffee in meatspace.

                                                                        
  
                                                                                                                
  
  Citation from "Weekends At Mort's", Bob's Burgers (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Jul 12 2011. Submitted by Ray G. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jan 12 2003.

noun

• something that spreads through the internet in the same way that a virus spreads between organisms.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology", Wired, Julian Dibbell, September 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Elizabeth M. from Providence, RI, USA on May 26 2004.

origin

• Coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. A "meme", like a "gene", spreads between people within a culture.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.