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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.
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- And... let us not forget the venerable POTRZEBIE, the word attributed to
- Alfred E. Neuman, of MAD Magazine fame.
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- ** 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.
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- OSPD (tm) is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc., a subsidiary of
- Hasbro, Inc.
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