Verboticism: Computerpogrommer
DEFINITION: n. A computer programmer who corrects software problems by bugging the users, rather than debugging the software. v. To pinpoint the blame for any defects in a product, especially a software product which you have created, on "illogical" end-users.
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Mistech
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mis tek
Sentence: Lech, our mistech, mistook a mistake that Missy would make. He would make her shake and quake, about her mistake, even when his take of her mistake was a flake. He could wreck the heck on her neck, if he we didn't keep our mistech in check.
Etymology: Mistake (error) & Tech (a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
Technillogicrat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tech - neh - LODJ - uh - crat
Sentence: Having an overblown ego and chutzpah to match, Cranston was a technillogicrat in the extreme who would never admit ignorance but would always blame everyone and everything else for things he could not remedy.
Etymology: Blend of 'technical' and 'illogical' with suffix '-crat'...member of a dominant class
Itsk
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: I-tisk
Sentence: When Susan's screen went black she dreaded having to call the crabby ITsk guy but she was stymied. The all-knowing geek strolled into the office with his short sleeved shirt, coffee cup and smarmy attitude, looked at the wall where someone had accdentally kicked out the plug. He stood there with the plug in his hand, tsking, then made a huge show of plugging it in. "Please check the plug before you call next time," he snarled, and wafted out of the office.
Etymology: IT: pronounced I - T is the acronym for Informational Technologist + Tsk: sucking sound used to express disappointment or sympathy.
Technillogicrat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tech - nil - LODJ - uh - crat
Sentence: Having an overblown ego and chutzpah to match, Cranston was a technillogicrat in the extreme who would never admit ignorance but would always blame everyone and everything else for things he could not remedy.
Etymology: Blend of technical and illogic with suffix -crat...member of a dominant class
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COMMENTS:
great blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-14: 14:05:00
There's a theme here, apparently we have all worked with these types... - Nosila, 2008-05-15: 01:53:00
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Displaim
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: dĭ-splām'
Sentence: "Clearly user error." Gaylord concluded. "You simply can't correctly interface with the connection-oriented data access arrangement..." "Don't displaim me," Marta interrupted, "I only hit 'start' and the thing locked up."
Etymology: displacement, psychological defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one; display, to output (data) on a CRT or other screen, or, in non-computer usage, to reveal or betray; aim, to intend or direct for a particular effect or purpose.
Userabuser
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: use/er/a/buse/er
Sentence: Our IT department specializes in the userabuser technique to solve most computer problems. It's the "It's got to be you' approach.
Etymology: user + abuse
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COMMENTS:
Must be included in their tech training classes... - Nosila, 2009-06-26: 12:37:00
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Nincomputable
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nin/com/pute/abul
Sentence: Our IT department always makes me feel like a nincomputable.
Etymology: nincompoop + computable
Geekjerk
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: geek-jerk - with contempt in the intonation
Sentence: That geekjerk needs to get some user experience training and some empathy before he starts work on his next program. Next time he comes near me he might be on the end of a knee jerk reaction.
Etymology: geek (member of the IT crowd) + jerk (someone who behaves badly)
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COMMENTS:
OOps a day late with this one. - petaj, 2008-05-15: 03:46:00
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Geekbugger
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: geek - bug - grrr
Sentence: Milton employed his own type of debugging....Instead of spending the arduous hours analyzing, tweaking and rerunning code to locate the errors in his software program; he tried to talk the users into living with it. He even acted as if they were somehow not using it correctly or just being troublesome. The users felt like Milton was the worst geekbugger they had ever met.
Etymology: debug (locate and correct errors in a computer program code), geek (An expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers),bug (annoy, irritate; also a fault) bugger (a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or used to describe someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing)
