Syntax

The order in which words or phrases are placed on a computer.

You have a syntax error dumbfuck.

by w00tw00t April 06, 2003

Syntaxing

v. (Present active. Past tense: Syntaxed) The act of a person pointing out mistakes in another person's code not related the ideas itself but rather to the construction of the code in the current language. Generally considered pedantic unless explicitly solicited, since modern compilers will do this by default, and some IDEs even point out the error prior to compile time.

Related to syntax (in the programming sense). If the syntaxing is pointing to a correct case, the case is a syntax error. When a compiler throws the error, it is a compile-time error. When the IDE points it out, it is a compile warning.

No, Mr. Gates, when I point out the critical logical faults in your programs I am not syntaxing you!

by VerbMaker August 22, 2010

syntax

Syntax- Words used by kids with large unibrows who also happens to be extremely emotional, and think theirselves to be the modern day Shakespere.

Colin once said "Please dont mock my correct syntax, it upsets my black little broken heart."

by Jessicareneexx July 18, 2005

syntax

A subcategory of linguistics, syntax is the study of sentence structure and the rules that govern it. From a linguistic point of view, the "rules of grammar" as published in textbooks are irrelevant; what's important is that syntax categorizes the way the sentences are stored in our brain.

surface structure: "Where did Mark go last night?"
deep structure: "Mark did go last night where."

by bonsai May 18, 2005

Syntax error

The most fucking irritating thing that can happen on a calculator. You press all these numbers and you THINK it's the right button to press but really the calculator's been LYING to you and you've really fucked up big time, but it waits until you've pressed the = button and then it flashes with 'Syntax error' which is basically calculator talk for "FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKED IT! NOW THE REST OF THE CLASS CAN ADVANCE TO QUESTION TWENTY-THREE WHILST YOU ARE STILL TRAPPED AT TWENTY-TWO, YOU INADEQUATE CALCUATOR-USER! I HATE ALL YOU STAND FOR AND YOUR WAY OF LIFE!" etc etc.

Jill was in her Maths class and she was working out a really hard equation involving logorithms and algebra n shit on her CALCULATOR. She had put in all the numbers and just pressed the = button when BAM! SYNTAX ERROR.

Jill: Fuck!

Jack: What?

Jill: Syntax error!

Jack: Fuck! Oh well, you'll just have to redo all your work. No biggie.

Jill: No biggie my ass! I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you!

by funkie_chick87 October 16, 2005

Syntax Genocide

The continuous "raping" of one or more languages. This is, but not limited to:

-1337 speak.
-Misspelling more than 4 words in one -sentence.
-Purposely misspelling words.
-IM Speak.
-Choosing not to use the correct language.

User A: Hello, how are you today?
User B: o i r t3h ub3r pwnzor, get ur butt out
User C: Hey, User B, quit contributing to the Syntax Genocide ~__~

by Ryuzaki_Yagami/Konoha777 September 04, 2008

Syntax Destruction

The process of intentionally vitiating the arrangement of words and phrases with excessive jargon (especially Fedspeak) with the aim of misleading.

In the case of Fedspeak, it results with the media in opposing camps interpreting the inscrutable gobbledegook in vastly different ways leading to further polarization of the Joe Public. Now with Joe Public beclouded by partisan interpretation, interpreting inscrutable gobbledegook under the false pretenses of inbringing clarity to the Fedspeak's inscrutable gobbledegook.

Alan Greenspan's syntax destruction made it seemed like he answered the question, but in fact he did not. In reality he responded with inscrutable gobbledegook.

by MaxwellMurdoch October 25, 2020