Neologism: Musked
musked - verb, past tense - When someone promises big and fails to deliver.
(source: Gabriella Coleman)
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Tag: neologisms
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Neologism: PoS
PoS - noun phrase - Term for the DSL or cable modem your ISP requires you to run. The quality of the equipment is exactly what you think it is.
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Neologism: Binder Hell
Binder Hell - noun - The state of being stuck dealing with varying numbers of people on the phone who are only functionally capable of putting you through processes documented in their three ring binders, even though none of those processes will actually fix the problem you have. Symptomatic of an over-engineered system which has all but programmed out common sense and initiative. For example, a company which is so hell-bent on keeping customers will needlessly obfuscate or entirely eliminate processes that let customers cancel their service. As another example, a telecom provider which demands the serial number of your SIM card …
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Neologism: Vulnerability
vulnerability - noun - A group of one or more blockchains.
(source: Sarah Jamie Lewis)
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Neologism: GSCA
GSCA - acronym, verb - Using grep, sed, cut, and awk on a Linux or UNIX box to chop up, mangle, or otherwise process data on the command line prior to doing anything serious with it. This is not to preclude the use of additional tools (such as sort).
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Neologism: Nopefully
nopefully - adverb - Something in a state or manner in which one fervently hopes something does not happen.
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Neologism: Going rogue
Going rogue - noun phrase - Ignoring the directions Google Maps (or whatever map navigation application you have on your phone) gives you in favor of using the knowledge inside your head and local area expertise. The thing about map navigation applications is that so many people use them, the moment you deviate from the main course you have almost entirely empty streets, with a significant reduction in travel time.
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Neologism: Platypus truther
Platypus truther - noun - Someone who doggedly, ruthlessly, and almost to the exclusion of anything else (including good sense) espouses, defends, and picks fights over a position, idea, or hypothesis that is completely and totally around the bend. Even taking into account the context of this person's other activities (social media history, books written, and so forth) it makes absolutely no sense why they would claim to believe such a thing, let alone fight with people over it. There is absolutely no way of telling if they're communicating in good faith or not. It could be trolling, it might be absurdist …
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Neologism: Quantum budget superposition
quantum budget superposition - noun - A bank account's state of existence during the time in which you're waiting for your landlord to cash the rent cheque so you don't actually know how much money you have at a given time t. Spend too much and your rent cheque bounces. Spend too little and you put off important bills for too long.
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Neologism: Gitmnesia
gitmnesia - noun - That feeling when you receive an update email about some ticket on Github from a project that you haven't looked at in so long that you don't recognize its name. Generally a sign that you follow too many projects on Github.
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