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ACK
interjection
- as a question, to enquire whether someone is present.
Speaker: ACK?
Response: ACK.- See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: inquiries (list of).
Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
- as a statement, to confirm one's presence. An appropriate response to ping.
Speaker: Are you there?
Response: ACK.Speaker: ping
Response: ACK.- See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: present, near, directly.
Last edited on Apr 26 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
- an exclamation of surprise or alarm.
Ack!
- See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
- yes.
Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
Response: ACK.Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
Response: ACK, but we don't need to buy one today.- See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: yes, agreements (statements of).
Last edited on Jun 14 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
origin
- ACK is a common abbreviation for "acknowledged," used in computing. The opposite of ACK is NAK.
Note that "ack" as an exclamation of surprise or alarm has no relation to computing.Last edited on Apr 26 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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barf
interjection
- exclamation of disgust.
You hooked up with him? Like, barf!
Ugh, it's Monday. Barf!
- See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: gross, disgusting, creepy.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
noun
- used as an example or placeholder variable, in the same way as "foo" and "bar".
So let's say foo is 1, bar is 2, and barf is 3. foo + bar + barf = 6.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
noun - uncountable
- vomit.
You got barf on your shoes.
- See more words with the same meaning: vomit.
Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
verb - intransitive
- to vomit.
- See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.
Last edited on Sep 14 1997. Submitted by JB C. from New York, NY, USA on Sep 14 1997.
- of software, to "crash" (fail) due to input that it doesn't handle properly, or cannot be handle at all. Usually implies that the program emits some spew of messages (or corrupt data) before terminating.
The division operation barfs if you try to divide by 0.
It turns out it was barfing because I was loading the 32-bit version of the DLL into a 64-bit process.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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box
noun
- an attractive female.
- See more words with the same meaning: attractive female.
Last edited on Jun 21 1997. Submitted by C. Mathey from FL, USA on Jun 21 1997.
- an older model Chevy vehicle.
- See more words with the same meaning: car, motorcycle, or other vehicle.
Last edited on Apr 24 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 24 2003.
- A computer. Often identified by its operating system, e.g. "Unix box" or "Windows box."
We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe.
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Last edited on Aug 30 2003. Submitted by Morgan D. from Seattle, WA, USA on Aug 30 2003.
- a vagina.
I would love to stuff her box.
Nobody has told you that your wife is cheating on you because everybody's mouths are usually full of your wife's box.
- See more words with the same meaning: vulva ('vagina'), female genitalia.
Last edited on May 20 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
- a police interrogation room.
Citation from "3 Women", Life (TV, 2009), Season 2 Episode 18 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 29 2010.
- a TV.
Last edited on Feb 25 2014. Submitted by Chuck S. on Feb 25 2014.
- a radio.
Last edited on Feb 25 2014. Submitted by Chuck S. on Feb 25 2014.
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bug
noun
- an undesired aspect of something that causes it to exhibit an unwanted response in a particular situation.
When I switch my car into 4-wheel drive, the Bluetooth connection no longer works. It must be some weird bug.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
- See more words with the same meaning: broken.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 13 2009.
- the underlying source of that undesired aspect.
I know WinZip crashes when you try to validate an archive. I've been looking for the bug for over an hour, but I think I've narrowed down where it can be in the source code.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 04 2011.
verb - ambitransitive
- to pester or annoy.
Why do you keep bugging me? Go away.
That creep won't stop buggin'.
- See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.
Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Tara from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Feb 07 2003.
verb - intransitive
- to joke; KID.
Ya buggin'.
- See more words with the same meaning: to joke, kid, or jest.
Last edited on Jul 27 2005. Submitted by Nelli M. on Jul 27 2005.
- to be extremely excited.
I'm buggin'!
- See more words with the same meaning: excited, energetic.
Last edited on May 10 2007. Submitted by Wendy R. from Dallas, TX 75231, USA on May 10 2007.
- to react with extreme emotion; "freak out".
I was bugging after she got home.
- See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.
Last edited on Mar 11 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
origin
- For more information about the "undesired aspect" meaning, see the "Etymology" section of the "Software bug" article on Wikipedia.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 13 2009.
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geek out
verb - intransitive
- to be so intoxicated from illegal stimulants that one loses complete control over one's body.
Oh man, she's geekin' out over there!
- See more words with the same meaning: to do stimulants (e.g. methamphetamines, caffeine).
Last edited on Feb 20 2003. Submitted by Tanya F. from Frankfurt am Main, Germany on Feb 20 2003.
- to engage in a binge of nerdy activities.
I spent all weekend geeking out.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.
Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
- to spend any period of time engaging in nerdy activities or talk.
We were on a date but I had to geek out for a while when I saw a guy wearing a nixie tube watch.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.
Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Feb 27 2009.
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hack off
verb - transitive
- to make a person angry.
She really hacks me off.
- See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.
Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
notes
- See also hacked off.
Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 10 2011.
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load a fat one
verb
- to place a wad of chewing tobacco in one's mouth.
Hey Chris, let's load a fat one!
- See more words with the same meaning: chewing-tobacco.
Last edited on Feb 19 1998. Submitted by Rod Smith from Tulsa, OK, USA on Feb 19 1998.
- to load a marijuana smoking device to overflowing.
- See more words with the same meaning: to smoke marijuana.
Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by ryan m. on Sep 28 2008.
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torch
- to over-apply flame to
Man you torched the bowl, fucked the taste up.
Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by ryan m. on Sep 28 2008.
verb - transitive
- to set fire to.
I'm ready, torch it.
Citation from "The New Guy", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 3 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Oct 27 2011. Submitted by ryan m. on Sep 28 2008.
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