LarsTaiT's definitions

malfeasance

Official misconduct.

This is a HORRID MALFEASANCE!

by Larstait November 15, 2003

fatting around

When someone does something and they are fat while doing it. Does not matter what you're doing.

See wordFattin' Around/word

Quit fatting around, Tom.

by larstait October 27, 2003

avatar

An icon which represents a user in a virtual reality/Internet setting, currently attempted with varying success. The term is adopted from Neal Stephenson; another word used for the same concept is Rudy Rucker's term "tuxedo."

First used from an Internet perspective in 1992 in SNOW CRASH, by Neal Stephenson, in one of those self-fulfilling SF prophecies. Stephenson got the name from the Hindu concept of avatars, which are the personification of various deities or entities.

by LarstaiT November 6, 2003

prevalent

Widespread, thourough.

The panic quickly spread into vast areas, becoming more prevalent than ever vaticinated.

by Larstait November 14, 2003

Logic Bomb

A program that performs a certain action when certain conditions are met, such as deleting all files on Christmas eve, although it is not necessarily malevolent. Though it is not technically a virus, it is often grouped that way.

There was some speculation that the turn of the millenium will set off tons of logic bombs that lie dormant in computers.

by Larstait November 6, 2003

listless

Indifferent, too tired to care about anything.

Marijuana makes many people listless, therefore expungable.

by Larstait November 15, 2003

grouse

Term which means to MUTTER, GRIPE

He groused to himself about the bad job they had done.

by Larstait November 6, 2003