dog-collaring

Blatantly lying to others in front of the accused, about an action you know you committed, but have placed the blame on another.

I used a spool of cable wire as a leash for my friend's dog and ever since have blatantly denied it and blamed the dog's owner. He's tried to explain the truth ever since, in vain. Dog-collaring him has become a regular occurrence when we are together.

by Rwey February 13, 2009

clown computing

When you try to cram as many services (or vms) onto a single machine as possible.

We're moving our database, app servers, reporting, message queues, mail servers, and static content to a single machine as part of the Clown Computing initiative.

by ITInformer June 3, 2009

Cloud Computing

Utilizing the resonance of water molecules in clouds when disturbed by wireless signals to transmit data around the globe from cloud to cloud.

I use cloud computing so I don't have to worry about viruses, I only have to worry about birds flying through my cloud.

by xelanil March 21, 2011

comparand

A thing that may be or is being compared to something else.

In the Boolean expression x < y+2, x and y+2 are the two comparands.

by Teeesen October 19, 2012

Edge computing

The act of edging while watching porn on a computing device. A term popularised by Steve Jobs with the release of the first generation iPhone.

If you're Edge computing up there you better wipe off the keyboard when you finish.

by Uncle Phil October 19, 2018

Antisocial Computing

(1) The act of opting to center one's attention on a computer, PDA, phone, or alternative source of digital media while in the company of others resulting in self-exclusionary behaviors
(2) Ineffective and inefficient multi-tasking, resulting in an unequal division of ones attention among one's company and gadgetry
(3) Self-imposed isolation resulting from an inability to detach oneself from ubiquitous digital temptations

Rather than spending time engaging in conversation with the rest of the family, Sigmund sat in the corner playing solitaire on his laptop. He continued to do so, until his antisocial computing was interrupted by an incoming text message he proceeded to read aloud, derailing the ongoing discussion from the sidelines...

by Han-Solo May 18, 2010

Coppering

Collecting together money from your pockets, bag, around the house or down the back of the settee. Usually collected together to buy some small item like a pint of milk or a loaf of sliced bread. Therefore all the pennies and small change in copper will have an inordinate value.

May be used as a slightly offensive word if you have a group of people pooling all their money to buy a cheap bottle of wine between them or some similar object of desire.

Peter Stringfellow (The king of strip clubs) said recently 'The worst customers we have in here are groups of women (hen parties). They are always coppering together to buy one male stripper between them'.

by salina111 November 26, 2010