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Omp On Vt. To Inadvertently Overwrite Something Important, Usually Automatically.
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stomp on vt.
To inadvertently overwrite something
important, usually automatically. "All the work I did this
weekend got stomped on last night by the nightly server script."
Compare scribble, mangle, trash,
roach.
Related:
omp on: vt. To inadvertently overwrite something important, usually automatically.
All the work I did this weekend got stomped on last night by the nightly server script....
clobber vt. To overwrite, usually unintentionally
I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack....
clobber: vt. To overwrite, usually unintentionally
I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack....
crog /skrog/ vt. [Bell Labs] To damage, trash, or corrupt a data structure.
The list header got scrogged." Also reported as `skrog', and ascribed to the comic strip "The Wizard of Id"....
crog: /skrog/ [Bell Labs] vt. To damage, trash, or corrupt a data structure.
The list header got scrogged." Also reported as `skrog', and ascribed to the comic strip "The Wizard of Id"....
ash vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure).
The most common of the family of near-synonyms including mung, mangle, and scribble....
ash: vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure).
The most common of the family of near-synonyms including {mung}, {mangle}, and {scribble}....
mangle: vt. Used similarly to {mung} or {scribble}, but more violent in its connotatio
omething that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed....
mangle vt. 1. Used similarly to mung or scribble, but more violent in its connotatio
omething that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed....