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51. leetspeak (lēt-spēk)
- a. (n.) A form of written, and sometimes verbal, language used in the realm of savvy computer users, hackers and kiddies. In written language, words are often spelled with a portion of numeric symbols used to represent similarly looking letter counterparts.
Example: 1337, l337 and l33t are three common ways the term leet is spelled in leetspeak.
52. linkrot (lĭngk-rŏt)
- a. (v.) When a link on a webpage becomes extinct.
Example: His website linkrotted shortly after he started redesigning it.
53. menwheel (mĕn'hwēl)
- a. (n.) The occasional urge to use one's mouse wheel to make a menu slide up from the bottom or side of the screen. This behavior always results in the accidental scrolling of a document because menus do not work that way in today's computing world.
Example: After hours of work, Jim tried to check the time on his task menu, but instead found himself in menwheel as his 500 page thesis flew by him.
54. mousecurse (măüs-kûrs)
- a. (n.) A curse afflicting a user whose mouse pointer deliberately overshoots its intended target as many as a dozen times in a row.
55. mousecurser (măüs-kûrs'ər)
- a. (n.) Someone who shouts at a mouse for overshooting the intended target.
56. mousturbate (mous'tərbāt')
- a. (v.) To move a mouse in an oscillatory fashion in order to locate a lost cusor on a computer monitor.
- b. (v.) To constantly move the mouse in circular motion while clicking and browsing, thereby demonstrating your impatience with the computer. As in: "Bob, stop mousturbating." Also: mousturbating, mousturbation, mousturbator
57. murckle (mûr-kəl)
- a. (v.) The action of moving a mouse in a squiggly circling motion in order to find it on one's display, or to remove the screensaver. Origins: The concatenation of mouse and circle. See also: mousturbate.
58. nervert (nûr'vûrt)
- a. (adj.) A computer nerd whose skills are dedicated to surfing for pornographic materials.
59. netoriety (nĕ'tə-rī'ĭ-tē)
- a. (n.) A measure of one's notorious reputation throughout the Internet.
60. noob (nüb)
- a. (n.) Someone who is a beginner to a particular activity; most commonly used for people new to online games and unaware of gamers' nettiquette.
Example: Ninja: "Someone's begging for a free weapon." Wizard: "Don't mind him, he's just a noob and doesn't know better yet."
61. onosecond (ō-nō-sĕk'ənd)
- a. (n.) The period of time one spends between pressing the send button and then realizing that they really shouldn’t have sent that e-mail message.
62. outgeek (ăüt-gēk)
- a. (v.tr.) The action of a known geek being outdone or exposed to an event, occurrence or activity that is even geekier or dorkier than he or she actually is.
Example: "Sure, he collects action figures, reads comic books and goes to Trekkie conventions, but even he gets outgeeked when it comes to 'Transformers'."
63. PBD (pē-bē-dē)
- a. (acro.) Programmer Brain Damage; a label applied to bug reports revealing places where the program was obviously broken by an incompetent or short-sighted programmer.
64. PEBKAC (pĕb'kāk)
- a. (acro.) Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair; used by support people, particularly at call centers and help desks. Not used with the public. Considered very derogatory.
Example: "Did you ever figure out why that guy couldn't print?" "Yeah, he kept canceling the operation before it could finish. PEBKAC."
65. permafix (pûr'mə-fĭks)
- a. (n.) To permanently fix computer issues of an incompetent user by ripping the power cord from the outlet and taking it, thus preventing future use of the computer.
Example: "He had screwed up his computer so badly that I had to apply a permafix."
66. polymorphical (pŏl'ē-môr'fĭ-kəl)
- a. (adj.) Having polymorphic abilities.
67. postend (pōst'ĕnd)
- a. (n.) In reference to instant messaging, the window that pops up after one has already closed the conversation, because one assumed the conversation was over 20 minutes ago.
- b. (n.) The last 30 lines of a conversation in which both people want to have the last word and end up saying goodbye a thousand times.
68. pr0n (prôn)
- a. (n.) Porn. A hacker's (1337 speaking) way of refering to such material, adult or otherwise.
69. pseudonymble (süd'nĭm'bəl)
- a. (adj.) The art of juggling multiple online personalities; ability to nimbly juggle many pseudonyms.
Example: Sally: "I have 13 screen names. John: "You must be very pseudonymble, then!"
70. pwned (ōnd, pōn, pônd)
- a. (v.tr.) Owned; Beaten.
Example: "hahahaha, u got pwned!"
71. quotimer (kwō-tī-əm'ər)
- a. (n.) One who insists on quoting from other instant messenger conversations to make a joke in another.
72. rebootilence (rē-büt-ĕ'ləns)
- a. (n.) An uncomfortable amount of time one has to wait while rebooting their computer.
- b. (n.) Any uncomfortable period of time taken to restart one's computer while one is on the phone with technical support.
73. Saundersoned (sôn-dər-sŭnd)
- a. (v.in.) The action of one from the lineage of Saunderson visiting a website and thereby killing all hope of sanity.
- b. (v.in.) A brutal attack on the intelligence of a website and it's surrounding community.
74. SEO (ĕs-ē-ō)
- a. (acro.) Search Engine Oaf; one who knows absolutely nothing about search engine optimization and other items related to internet marketing and the dealings of internet marketers.
75. shemail (shē'māl)
- a. (n.) The spam received promising larger breasts after one fills out an online form identifying oneself as female.
