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WORDS THAT SHOULD BE IN THE OSPD (tm), BUT ARE *NOT*
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ablute To wash.
airbag Protects you in a car crash.
airlock Entrance to space ship.
aliased, -ing Verb forms of to alias, (computer term).
ands, anding Verb forms of performing logical operations (comp.)
ascii File type (computer).
beamer Beaming device, also, yuppie vehicle.
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.
boolean Data type, computers.
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.
casted Set to a different data type, computers.
cobol Once common, now obsolete computer language.
crafter Craftsperson.
crosby Generic crooner.
deque Double-ended queue (computer term).
dequeue To remove from a queue (computer term).
ea A river.
edsel "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Good try.
elvis King, generic. Also vi clone (see vi, below).
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.
ferkakt Fouled up (Yiddish).
fi Computer programming term (close of an "if" clause).
fifo First-in, first-out. Type of list in computers.
fortran Obsolete computer language.
fourier Math function.
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.
ifdef Computer programming construct.
ifndef Computer programming construct.
india Type of black ink.
inode Computerese acronym for "index node".
ja "Yes", in German. Maybe other meanings as well.
kgotla A tribal gathering (African).
knowhow Knowledge, skill.
linux Best computer operating system available.
lossier More lossy.
max ** Maximum. Also schmeling.
microsloth Teeny, lazy mammal. Also large, lazy software co.
ok All right. Also, a corral.
online Logged into a computer network.
opcode Operation code, in computer programming.
pawk Chicane.
pez Dispensed candy mini-brick.
phaser Capt. Kirk's sidearm.
ptyxis Leaf bud infolding.
qi Life force, in Chinese. Appeared in NY Times article.
qigong Plural of qi.
quo Status.
recurse, -ive Function behavior, in computer programming.
rok Roc.
runtime While program is executing (computers).
scopes, -ing Forms of the verb, to scope.
scrable Word game for bad spellers.
sez The way "says" is spelled in Appalachia.
shacks, -ing Forms of the verb shack, as to shack up with.
silkine Silky, but slicker.
sinked Past form of sink, in electronics.
spooler Data storage device, in computers.
subtree Data type, in computers.
tuple Data type, in computers. Counterpart of triple.
turing Computer type, as distinct from bike type.
typedef Computer term: "to type-define"
unix Computer os. Also guardians of the seraglio.
uva Grape.
vi Powerful, but cantankerous text editor.
vizy Scrutinizing look.
wannabe An aspirant to an "undeserved" status.
wimpdows Power windows in cars. Also, computer os for wimps.
yibbles Maybe.
yo ** Ghetto-speak for "I am pleased to make your
acquaintance, sir / madam."
zo, zho, dso, dzo Cattle type.
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.
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Yes, computer terms have been shortchanged in the OSPD (tm). Maybe the
editors of same are computer illiterate.
OSPD (tm) is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc., a subsidiary of
Hasbro, Inc.