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Anked Adj. Same As Down, Used Primarily By Unix Hackers.
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tanked adj.
Same as down, used primarily by Unix
hackers. See also hosed. Popularized as a synonym for
`drunk' by Steve Dallas in the late lamented "Bloom County"
comic strip.
Related:
anked adj. Same as down, used primarily by Unix hackers.
See also hosed. Popularized as a synonym for `drunk' by Steve Dallas in the late lamented "Bloom County" comic strip....
hosed: adj. Same as {down}. Used primarily by UNIX hackers.
Humorous: also implies a condition thought to be relatively easy to reverse....
hosed adj. Same as down. Used primarily by Unix hackers.
Humorous: also implies a condition thought to be relatively easy to reverse....
hung: [from `hung up'] adj. Equivalent to {wedged}, but more common at UNIX/C sites.
Not generally used of people. Syn. with {locked up}, {wedged}...
I can't relax, 'cause I'm a Boinger! -- Steve Dallas (Bloom County)
ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
hung adj. [from `hung up'; common] Equivalent to wedged, but more common at Unix/C sites.
Not generally used of people. Syn. with locked up, wedged...
ACK /ak/ interj. 1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream Yo!...
Missed'em-five: n. Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V UNIX, generally used by {BSD} partisans in a bigoted mood.
(The synonym `SysVile' is also encountered.) See {software bloat}, {Berzerkeley}....