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noun - uncountable

• the practice of repeatedly getting rid of something, only to have more of that thing appear. For example, deleting spammers' e-mail accounts, closing pop-up windows in a web browser, etc.

  I've been playing whack-a-mole all afternoon.

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

verb

• to chronically masturbate.

  Man, Bob would rather grab a couple of videos and go all whack-a-mole on himself than come out with us tonight.

  Last edited on May 31 2016. Submitted by Pazuzu from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Nov 06 2009.

origin

• From the carnival / arcade game that involves hitting mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes.

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

noun

• person who engages in computer security breaching for the purpose of finding problems to fix before another party ("black hat") can maliciously exploit them.
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  Last edited on Jun 06 2013. Submitted by Morgan D. from Seattle, WA, USA on Aug 30 2003.

interjection

• acronym for "what have you done".

  WHDY?!

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  Last edited on Aug 20 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 04 2012.

• "with you".
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  Last edited on Oct 10 2017. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 10 2017.