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ViSTAiDS 

The result of installing the Windows Vista "Operating System" onto a partition. Once you realize how horrible Vista is, you will want to uninstall it and switch back to XP or a UNIX distro. But you will not be able to do this, as your hard drive will have Vistaids. You will have to download Vistaids cure tools to remove the aids.
"OMFG I can't install Windows XP because my hard drive has Vistaids!
ViSTAiDS by LONGPOKE May 27, 2008
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victified 

Term comes from the product "Vic's" which helps take congestion or a cough to help one sleep better.
1. Vic-ti-fied(adj.) To be subdued into not feeling anymore pain.
That hot bath made me feel so victified
victified by Sean McDonnell December 6, 2007

vistacide 

What happens with your brand-spanking new PC crashes when trying to use some trivial program that has worked fine previously. Analogous to the Windows XP blue screen of death.
My new notebook pulled a Vistacide when trying to sync my iPod.
vistacide by Reichard2007 August 19, 2007

vistacized 

to boot up your pc only to find Vista locking you out of certain functions
My pc has vistacized me from using MSN. I'll have to shut down and start again.
vistacized by Cyberwulf October 24, 2008

Vistafication 

When a highly anticipated tech product is released to the public with undisclosed major flaws creating generally overblown PR mayhem, including but not limited to: Tech blogger rants and link-baiting; fanboy tears, anguish, disbelief and excuses; impotent manufacturer patches and/or fixes; repeated BP-ish responses from corporate executives; snarky comments enclosed in competitor's advertisements; open letters from populist-whore politicians; angry rants from Whoopi Goldberg; some sort of obligatory but thoughtless comment from Steve Wozniak. Named for the the Microsoft Product Windows Vista.
The Apple iPhone 4 was regarded as the greatest smartphone ever, or at least until it was discovered that the antennae system was slightly less capable than Abe Vigoda's unmedicated penis and subsequently underwent a complete and public Vistafication.