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A high-severity defect that leaves the system in a very bad state. (noun)
Etymology: a combination of "defect" and the adjective form of a common 4-letter slang word derived from the latin fvccant which, in common parlance means to have been cheated.
Alternate definition: an unlikely condition of having regained ones virginity (but this would probably require a homophonic spelling).
Etymology: a combination of "defect" and the adjective form of a common 4-letter slang word derived from the latin fvccant which, in common parlance means to have been cheated.
Alternate definition: an unlikely condition of having regained ones virginity (but this would probably require a homophonic spelling).
by jfkelley June 19, 2009
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As you drag your cursor across the color wheel to change background colors, notice the effects that will have on your website by watching the webunculus.
by jfkelley June 11, 2009
Get the webunculus mug.noun: The unpleasant surprise you get when you choose a seemingly harmless emoticon from the static image palette only to see it animate into something tasteless after you've chosen it and sent it.
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noun: An emoticon that looks harmless when viewed in the static image palette, but provides a nasty surprise when you select it and send it by animating into something tasteless.
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noun: An emoticon that looks harmless when viewed in the static image palette, but provides a nasty surprise when you select it and send it by animating into something tasteless.
Imagine my emoticonsternation when that smiley face I sent to my mom turned out to be a bloody horrorshow.
I got fired when I accidentally sent my boss an emoticonsternation.
I got fired when I accidentally sent my boss an emoticonsternation.
by jfkelley June 15, 2009
Get the emoticonsternation mug.A stand-alone software module that can be slapped onto an existing application to enhance it's function or performance.
This is typically a JavaScript file that can be linked in a vanilla web page to add -- at load time -- Rich Internet Application (RIA) behaviors to the existing UI controls.
A "pefect" barnacle would be effective without any other changes to the web page code (but would allow incremental additions of attributes to customize the behavior).
This is typically a JavaScript file that can be linked in a vanilla web page to add -- at load time -- Rich Internet Application (RIA) behaviors to the existing UI controls.
A "pefect" barnacle would be effective without any other changes to the web page code (but would allow incremental additions of attributes to customize the behavior).
I found a smart-table barnacle script we can stick on our web page to make those tables sortable and filterable.
I wrote a calendar barnacle that automatically converts any input box with class="date" to a calendar picker field.
I wrote a calendar barnacle that automatically converts any input box with class="date" to a calendar picker field.
by jfkelley June 16, 2009
Get the barnacle script mug.A play on the common term "user-friendly", a user-hostile design is one that is, deliberately or accidentally, difficult or cumbersome for the intended user.
Often used derisively to describe the competition.
Often used derisively to describe the competition.
We intend to improve upon the user-hostile design of your existing sales tool.
Some say that the user-hostile design of the original QWERTY keyboard was an intentional effort to slow typists down so as not to allow them to jam the mechanical parts.
Some say that the user-hostile design of the original QWERTY keyboard was an intentional effort to slow typists down so as not to allow them to jam the mechanical parts.
by jfkelley June 16, 2009
Get the user-hostile mug.noun: A Hopi word meaning "life out of balance" or "life that calls for another way of living".
Also a 1982 film film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass (no plot, no dialog, just haunting images and music -- really conveys the point about the spiritually impoverished way that western civilization is living).
Also a 1982 film film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass (no plot, no dialog, just haunting images and music -- really conveys the point about the spiritually impoverished way that western civilization is living).
by jfkelley June 16, 2009
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Possibly borrowed from meteorology. A cellular storm "goes linear" when it turns into more of a squall line (or merges with an existing storm) -- i.e., that it's going to turn into a big black line of death. (from stormtrack.org).
I have a sense that there should also be a nuclear physics metaphor, but I don't know it.
Possibly borrowed from meteorology. A cellular storm "goes linear" when it turns into more of a squall line (or merges with an existing storm) -- i.e., that it's going to turn into a big black line of death. (from stormtrack.org).
I have a sense that there should also be a nuclear physics metaphor, but I don't know it.
by jfkelley October 12, 2009
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