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Jehovah

The divine name of God, as used in the English language. From the ancient Hebrew, which had no vowels, YHVH or JHVH. Other languages use similar spellings.
The name Jehovah is so fearsome to some people that they went to the trouble to remove it from His own book. They alternate between the excuses, that we don't know the original pronunciation of God's name, and that God's name is Jesus, when in fact, Jesus isn't the original pronunciation of Yeshua's name and that doesn't seem to bother them.

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom", (Ps. 111:10), so fearing His name is fine. However, how is one to gain further wisdom when one fears fear itself more than one fears Jehovah?
by Downstrike December 11, 2004
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Pull

1. To extract a substance from the source.

2. To remove a part from the whole.

3. To discontinue selling merchandise.
1. We pull gold from the ore.

2. Pull that tranny so we can rebuild it.

3. Pull that tainted food from the shelves.
by Downstrike June 4, 2004
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Home Computer

1. What people called Personal Computers before they knew to call them PCs.

2. A PC that is kept at home.
Home Computers were made by Atari, Commodore, Timex/Sinclair, and Texas Instruments.
by Downstrike May 31, 2004
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Preparing to Hibernate

What sWindles says when it starts up after hibernating.
sWindles meant to tell you that it's preparing to hibernate before it hibernates because it thinks that you're such a complete idiot that you don't know that you just told it to hibernate. However, since sWindles is the idiot that it thought you were, it tells you when it wakes up instead.
by Downstrike December 14, 2004
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MyCrudSoft

The real name of Bill Gates' company; he just doesn't want you to know it. See also, mikerowesoft.
That's why, if you use the correct spelling of MyCrudSoft, the MyCrudSoft spellchecker will try to change it to the spelling Billy wants you to use.
by Downstrike August 15, 2004
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downstrike

1. (meteorology and fire science) n. A lightning bolt that touches the ground or a grounded object, (a common cause of wildland fires). v. Touch the ground as a lightning bolt.

2. (typing, keyboarding, and music) n. The action of pressing a key on the keyboard of a typewriter or keyboard instrument. v. Strike a keyboard key. adj. The kind of typewriter that has a mechanical keyboard, which requires strong downstrikes upon the keys.

3. (warfare) n. A downward chopping attack in hand-to-hand melee or combat.

4. (music) n. A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument. v. Pluck downward.

5. (music) proper noun; the name of at least three different newly formed garage bands in the eastern United States of America since 2002.

6. (geography and geology) n. A downward direction.

7. (sport fishing and fishing industry) n. A downward tug on a fishing line. v. Tug downward on a fishing line as a fish, or as a prank played upon a fellow fisherman who has fallen asleep.

8. (cyberculture) proper noun; me.
1. There's a smoke column where that downstrike hit.

2. I used to have a downstrike typewriter.

3. Comments mentioning downstrikes on the Internet used to be about using battle axes; now they're about using light sabers.

4. It's a note, not a chord; just downstrike.

5. With three bands named Downstrike, at least one of them should be good.

6. The fault is downstrike from the ridge.

7. That downstrike is what I'm waiting for.

8. Typewriters and rock bands come and go, but when you Google downstrike I'm at the top of the results.
by Downstrike September 17, 2006
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browser snob

A web site that turns its nose up at legitimate, fully-functional browsers, such as IE 7 or Firefox simply because the webmaster won't tolerate his site being viewed using off-brand browsers and can't be bothered to update the site's script to recognize legitimate browsers.
Some monopolistic corporations, such as MyCrudSoft, are browser snobs. You have to do business with them on their terms because they don't even need to care whether you like doing business with them. It's their way making sure you know that they don't have to give a crap about you.
by Downstrike March 1, 2005
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