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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.
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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 (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.,
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