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WORDS THAT REALLY SHOULD BE IN THE OSPD (tm), BUT ARE *NOT*
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ablute To wash.
airbag Protects you in a car crash. Also, politician.
airlock Entrance to space ship.
aliased, -ing Verb forms of to alias, (computer term).
ands, anding Verb forms of performing logical operations (comp.)
artesian Well.
ascii File type (computer). Pronounced AS-KEY.
atq To print "at" jobs in the queue. Pronounced AT-KEW.
awk Not a bird, but a report language.
ballgown What Matilda wore at the dance.
bandito A criminal with a liking for corn chips.
beamer Beaming device, also, yuppie vehicle.
begats Biblical acts of producing offspring.
bessel Solves differential equations (as if you cared).
bicep Flex only one at a time.
bing Type of cherry, also, a crosby.
bitwise Bit-by-bit operation, computers.
bogart To snub out a cigarette.
bon Pretty good candy, 1/2 as good as a bon bon.
bonelet Little bone.
boolean Data type, computers.
borealis Aurora.
boxtop What you send in for magic decoder ring.
bradley Armored transport vehicle, also, a milton.
bupkes Nothing (from Yiddish).
buzzy Making buzz-like sounds, also, nickname for a brat.
dromepal A word that, reversed, forms a *different* valid word.
cal Short calendar.
casted Set to a different data type, computers.
castile Soap, not city.
cha Tea, also half a dance.
cobol Once common, now obsolete corporate computer language.
codings Plural of what cryptographers do.
crafter Craftsperson.
crewcut What happens to coiffeur in the Marines.
cronkheit News commentator (generic).
crosby Generic crooner.
curvette Alt. spelling of curvet.
deque Double-ended queue (computer term).
dequeue To remove from a queue (computer term).
dittoes Ditto ditto.
drucker Printer (Yiddish).
dufte German equivalent of moby (see below).
dvorak A superior layout for a keyboard. Pronounced DVORZHAK.
ea A river.
edsel "It seemed like a good idea at the time." A good try.
elvis King, generic. Also vi clone (see vi, below).
emacs All-in-one editing tool.
email Electronic mail.
enqueue To place in a queue (computer term).
esac Computer programming term (close of "case-statement").
endif Computer programming term (close of an "if" clause).
euoi Drunken expression.
euouae Gregorian cadence. (What a great vowel dump!)
fadeout Movie term.
faq Frequently Asked Questions list.
ferkakt Fouled up (Yiddish).
fi Computer programming term (close of an "if" clause).
fifo First-in, first-out. Type of list in computers.
fixup A fast-and-dirty repair.
foo In computing, generic file type. Also, a fighter.
fortran Obsolete computer language.
fourier Math function.
gaveler Da judge.
gefilte Sweet ground fish.
genghis Corporate hotshot, CEO with swollen head.
goto Program jump, in computer programming.
greeks, greeking To represent type fonts approximately (typesetting).
grep To seek "global repetitions". Computer tool.
greps A belch (Yiddish).
grok To understand. From STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
hasbro Possesses a male sibling, also, game conglomerate.
hasher Scrambler, in computers. Cook at a college fraternity.
hepburn An audrey (generic long, lean actress).
hoc Ad.
ifdef Computer programming construct.
ifndef Computer programming construct.
india Type of black ink.
inline Function expanded in situ in a computer program.
inode Computerese acronym for "index node".
ja "Yes", in German. Maybe other meanings as well.
jai Alai.
jacobean Matrix type, in math. Also, Jake's stuff.
jimjam Singular of jimjams (can't you have just one?).
kgotla A tribal gathering (African).
klieg Theater lighting.
kludged Past tense of "to kludge".
knowhow Knowledge, skill.
linux Best computer operating system available.
lippman A liberal news commentator.
lossier More lossy.
max ** Maximum. Also schmeling.
microsloth Teeny, lazy mammal. Also large, lazy software co.
milliamp Thousandth of an amp.
moby Cool and neat, not at all whale like.
mylar Non-stick coating, also a presidential attribute.
nanoamp Billionth of an ampere.
nanovolt Billionth of a volt.
nonfixed Inconstant. Also, unrepaired.
nybble Half a byte.
ok All right. Also, a corral.
online Logged into a computer network.
opcode Operation code, in computer programming.
pawk Chicane.
peddlar Alternate spelling of peddler, also pedal pusher.
pez Dispensed candy mini-brick.
phaser Capt. Kirk's sidearm.
phracker Exceptionally adept computer hacker.
phreak Computer telephone system hacker.
pizzazz More than pizazz, or pizza with same.
pronk Dunno the meaning of this one (!).
ptyxis Leaf bud infolding.
putdown If ya don't know this one, yer a jerk.
qi Life force, in Chinese. (Accepted in OSW)
qigong Plural of qi.
quo Status.
raftage Freight hauled on a raft, by George.
razzle Prelude to a dazzle.
rearview Mirror.
recurse, -ive Function behavior, in computer programming.
rench To rinse, in Baltimorese.
rentage Apartment carrying charge.
repunch Coinage term, as to repunch a mint mark.
rescan To scan again, as in graphic arts.
riksha Sawed-off rickshaw.
rok Roc.
runtime While program is executing (computers).
safeway Riskless path to supermarket shopping.
sase Self-addressed stamped envelope (pronounced say-see).
scarlike Like a scar, oddly enough.
scifi Pulp paperback science fiction.
scopes, -ing Forms of the verb, to scope.
scrable Word game for bad spellers.
sed Stream editor (UNIX).
seducee What a hot-blooded young male wishes he was.
seetee Antimatter, acronym for "contra-terrene".
seguing Film term.
seyon Communications tool.
sez The way "says" is spelled in Appalachia.
shacks, -ing Forms of the verb shack, as to shack up with.
shazzam Capt. Marvel's cry.
shmoo Al Capp's lovable critter.
silkine Silky, but slicker.
sinatra Frankly speaking, a crooner (see also bing, above).
sinked Past tense form of sink, in electronics.
sitz Sit-down type bath.
spartein Oily liquid.
spooler Data storage device, in computers.
strobed Past tense of 'to strobe' (electronics, physics).
subtree Data type, in computers.
superset In math, a set containing subsets.
testpad What rockets are launched from.
tokenize What an expression parser does (computerese).
troff Text file formatter.
tuple Data type, in computers. Counterpart of triple.
turing Computer type, as distinct from bike type.
tv A type of foil-wrapped dinner. Also, mind cuisine.
twinkie What the hostess offered for dessert.
typedef Computer term: "to type-define"
unassign To revoke an assignment.
uniq File comparison utility (UNIX).
unix Computer os. Also guardians of the seraglio.
unlabel To remove the label.
unliked Disliked.
unzone What the Zoning Board does, if bribed appropriately.
uudecode Opposite operation of UUENCODE, below.
uuencode Convert a binary file to a form emailable.
uva Grape, not moby.
versa Vice.
vi Powerful, but cantankerous text editor.
viewport Portion of the computer screen (window).
vizy Scrutinizing look.
waldorf Fruit salad, in an expensive hotel dining room.
wannabe An aspirant to an "undeserved" status.
warez Pirated software.
wimpdows Power windows in cars. Also, computer os for wimps.
winchell Mass media gossip.
wireable Capable of being wired.
yibbles Maybe.
yo ** Ghetto-speak for "I am pleased to make your
acquaintance, sir / madam."
yowza Carnival barker's cry (ask Jane Fonda).
zen Philosophical way of playing Scrabble (tm) or life.
zener Type of diode.
ziggy Tending to zig, as opposed to zaggy.
zo, zho, dso, dzo Cattle type.
zoot Suits me.
And... let us not forget the venerable POTRZEBIE, the word attributed to
Alfred E. Neuman, of MAD Magazine fame.
** These words actually DID make it through the "pearly gates" of the new
OSPD3 (to my shock and surprise).
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Yes, computer terms have been shortchanged in the OSPD (tm). Maybe the
editors of same are computer illiterate. It is clear that they lack a sense
of the absurd and probably the spirit of fun. How little room there is for
creativity in the corporate culture...
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It has been pointed out to me that some of the entries in this list are out
and out absurd, not to mention inappropriate as suggested additions to the
OSPD (tm). I respond somewhat less than respectfully that this list is
intended primarily to provoke discussion, and secondarily as an exercise of
my weird and twisted sense of humor. In any case, if the compilers of the
OSPD (tm) saw fit to include such staples of common usage as AARRGHH, who are
they to criticize?
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Scrabble and OSPD are trademarks of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.,
a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.
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