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In The Extreme Adj. A Preferred Superlative Suffix For Many Hackish Terms.
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in the extreme adj.
A preferred superlative suffix for many
hackish terms. See, for example, `obscure in the extreme' under
obscure, and compare highly.
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in the extreme: adj. A preferred superlative suffix for many hackish terms.
See, for example, `obscure in the extreme' under {obscure}, and compare {highly}....
obscure adj. Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning, to imply total incomprehensibility.
The reason for that last crash is obscure." "The find(1) command's syntax is obscure!...
obscure: adj. Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning, to imply total incomprehensibility.
The reason for that last crash is obscure." "The `find(1)' command's syntax is obscure!...
ybble /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') n. [from v. `nibble' by analogy with `bite' =&g
`byte'] Four bits; one hex digit; a half-byte. Though `byte' is now techspeak, this useful relative is still jargon....
highly: [scientific computation] adv. The preferred modifier for overstating an understatement.
As in: `highly nonoptimal', the worst possible way to do something...
WYSIWYG /wiz'ee-wig/ adj. Describes a user interface under which "What You See Is What You Ge
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback....
fuck me harder excl. Sometimes uttered in response to egregious misbehavior, esp.
in software, and esp. of misbehaviors which seem unfairly persistent (as though designed in by the imp of the perverse)....
fuck me harder: excl. Sometimes uttered in response to egregious misbehavior, esp.
in software, and esp. of misbehaviors which seem unfairly persistent (as though designed in by the imp of the perverse)....
WYSIWYG: /wiz'ee-wig/ adj. Describes a user interface under which "What You See Is What You Ge
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback....