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noun

• fashion influenced by clothing worn by geeks and nerds.

                                                                                            
  
  Citation from article title, Telecomworldwire, August 16 2000 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a nerd, geek, dork.

  Last edited on Jun 17 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

• anything popularized by geeks and nerds.

                                                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Kestrel is Falcon's latest take on concept motorcycles", Chicago Tribune, Susan Carpenter, June 17 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a nerd, geek, dork.

  Last edited on Jun 17 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 17 2010.

adjective

• impressive.

  Oh my gosh, that trick was so epic!

  Season four of The Voice is so epic.

  • See more words with the same meaning: impressive.

  Last edited on Oct 26 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 16 2010.

• very good.

  That sandwich was epic.

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on Oct 26 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 26 2013.

noun

• a young child.

                                                                                                       
  
  Citation from from ABC Newsradio censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: young person.

  Last edited on Apr 10 2010. Submitted by J. C. from Omaha, NE, USA on Mar 09 2005.

• people who criticize a position but offer no constructive alternative.

                                                                                                                                                                      
  
  Citation from "Fenty on WAMU-FM: 'I'm the One Making the Tough Decisions'", WashingtonCityPaper.com - City Desk (blog), Mike DeBonis, Apr. 9 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.

  Last edited on Apr 10 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 28 2009.

• a small dog.

                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Big love", M - Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine, Amy Siewert, April 5 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: animals (related to).

  Last edited on Apr 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 09 2010.

• a bureaucrat who creates rules about subjects he knows nothing about with the result of inhibiting progress toward worthwhile objectives.

                                                                                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from "Google in the Crosshairs ", The Wall Street Journal, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., June 8 2012 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: politics, government (related to).

  Last edited on Aug 19 2012. Submitted by Argyles from Bellevue, WA, USA on Jun 09 2012.

• a sexual term for a woman who has a preference for a certain position with her ankles next to her head.

  She's an ankle biter.

  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

  Last edited on Aug 19 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 10 2012.

• An issue or situation which is very irritating or frustrating, not a catastrophe, but more than a mild annoyance; often hyphenated

                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from Derivation is (probably) an analogy to a small dog that bites. No citation available, but this term has been used often in Boeing Co staff and management meetings. censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  I was late for my deposition this morning...having a flat tire on the way to court was a nasty little ankle-biter.

  Last edited on Dec 12 2014. Submitted by OffGrid9 on Dec 12 2014.

verb

• to prematurely plan to replace someone else (in a job, acting role, etc.)

                                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Van Hollen: Democrats Are Still the Party of Change, Will Keep Their Majority", Politics Daily (blog), Jill Lawrence, April 7 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jun 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 14 2010.

noun

• an instance of fat-fingering.

                                                                                                                            
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from ""Fat finger" role in selloff likely a myth", Reuters, Dan Wilchins, May 7 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 08 2010.

verb - transitive

• to accidentally press a button or key adjacent to the desired one, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. This happens more frequently as the button or key size is reduced, e.g. on cell phones.

  Whoops, I just fat-fingered his phone number.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.

  Last edited on Apr 11 2016. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

• to do mind-numbing data entry or to simply short-circuit a programmatic fix by entering values manually directly into a data store.

  I fat-fingered those missing account numbers into the A/R batch.

  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

  Last edited on Jun 24 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 24 2016.