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WORDS THAT SHOULD BE IN THE OSPD (tm), BUT ARE *NOT*
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ablute To wash.
airbag Protects you in a car crash.
airlock Entrance to space ship.
aliased, -ing Verb forms of to alias, (computer term).
ands, anding Verb forms of performing logical operations (comp.)
ascii File type (computer).
beamer Beaming device, also, yuppie vehicle.
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.
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.
casted Set to a different data type, computers.
castile Soap, not city.
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.
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).
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).
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.
fadeout Movie term.
ferkakt Fouled up (Yiddish).
fi Computer programming term (close of an "if" clause).
fifo First-in, first-out. Type of list in computers.
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).
ifdef Computer programming construct.
ifndef Computer programming construct.
india Type of black ink.
inode Computerese acronym for "index node".
ja "Yes", in German. Maybe other meanings as well.
kgotla A tribal gathering (African).
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.
moby Cool and neat, not at all whale like.
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.
ptyxis Leaf bud infolding.
putdown If ya don't know this one, yer a jerk.
qi Life force, in Chinese. Appeared in NY Times article.
qigong Plural of qi.
quo Status.
raftage Freight hauled on a raft, by George.
recurse, -ive Function behavior, in computer programming.
rentage Apartment carrying charge.
riksha Sawed-off rickshaw.
rok Roc.
runtime While program is executing (computers).
safeway Riskless path to supermarket shopping.
scifi Pulp paperback science fiction.
scopes, -ing Forms of the verb, to scope.
scrable Word game for bad spellers.
seducee What a hot-blooded young male wishes he was.
seetee Antimatter, acronym for "contra-terrene".
seguing Film term.
sez The way "says" is spelled in Appalachia.
shacks, -ing Forms of the verb shack, as to shack up with.
silkine Silky, but slicker.
sinatra Frankly speaking, a crooner (see also bing, above).
sinked Past tense form of sink, in electronics.
spooler Data storage device, in computers.
subtree Data type, in computers.
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.
typedef Computer term: "to type-define"
unix Computer os. Also guardians of the seraglio.
uva Grape, not moby.
vi Powerful, but cantankerous text editor.
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.
yibbles Maybe.
yo ** Ghetto-speak for "I am pleased to make your
acquaintance, sir / madam."
zen Philosophical way of playing Scrabble (tm) or life.
zo, zho, dso, dzo Cattle type.
And... let us not forget the venerable POTRZEBIE, the word attributed to
Alfred E. Neuman, of MAD Magazine fame.
** These words actually DID make it through the "pearly gates" of the new
OSPD3 (to my surprise).
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Yes, computer terms have been shortchanged in the OSPD (tm). Maybe the
editors of same are computer illiterate.
Scrabble and OSPD are trademarks of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc., a
subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.