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shiboleet 

"Yup. It's a backdoor put in by the geeks who built these phone support systems back in the 1990's"
- xkcd Episode 806

A secret phrase used to allow programmers direct access to Technical Support people skilled in at least two programming languages.
Customer: "Hello, yes I've a problem with the network between my router and your systems"
Tech Support: "Okay, if you'll click the start button - "
Customer: "I don't have a start button, I'm running linux."
Tech Support: "oh, well we don't suport that"
Customer: "Shiboleet"
Tech Support: "Yes sir, right away!"
Informed Tech Support: "Yes sir, I see your issue, hang on a sec..." *type, type*
Informed Tech Support: "Alright, it should be fixed now"
Customer: "Thanks!"
shiboleet by Markizano Draconus October 17, 2010
Related Words
Its shitty. Its a debacle. Two great tastes that go great together.
Deion Sanders refers to the Eagles trade of McNabb as a 'Shibacle'.

Or.

The Trivia host then decided to break the tie with a goddamn dance off. Seriously, what a shibacle.
shibacle by elk horn April 9, 2010
Coined in April 2010 by "Prime Time" Deion Sanders, shibacle refers to a scenario where a social or business exchange takes place that is totally lopsided and unfairly skewed toward one of the parties involved (possibly unbeknownst to the fool that is getting taken for a ride). It is a combination of shit, shitty, or shittily and debacle. Shibacle.
This whole thing is a mess-- that loser totally got shibacled by that dude. Epic fall.
shibacle by ElitheBarrowBoy April 9, 2010
A screw-up so large and so shitty as to go beyond creating merely a debacle.
The wedding reception became a complete and total shibacle when the best man farted during the toast, creating a fireball atop a nearby candle and lighting the bride's hair on fire.
shibacle by Neion Deion April 9, 2010
"The Donovan McNabb trade was dumb as hell. It was a total shibacle."
shibacle by MauryBallsteen April 9, 2010
A debacle of monstrous proportions.
First coined by Deion Sanders referring to the Donavon McNabb Trade of 2010:

"The Donavan McNabb trade was as dumb as the Herschel Walker Shibacle."