by apolloobserved May 6, 2008
Get the electronic data systemmug. Data table data table data table data table data table data table
By far superior to every other way to collect data.
By far superior to every other way to collect data.
Person#1: "Hey, we should make a spreadsheet from all this data."
Person#2: "Why would we waste the opportunity to make a data table?"
Person#2: "Why would we waste the opportunity to make a data table?"
by Greeeen June 8, 2020
Get the Data tablemug. Taking personal data from someone that likes you and then using that information maliciously (not always but often)
Guy 1: I just leaked this losers face! Im so good at Data Groping!
Guy 2: Hey, stop. Thats kinda fucked up bro
Guy 2: Hey, stop. Thats kinda fucked up bro
by okbutimgod December 7, 2021
Get the Data Gropingmug. When you believe that the data your have in your computer system is more messed up than the data in everyone else system.
I've got Data Guilt. I'm embarrassed every time I run a report. I'm afraid to ask my team to clean up our Salesforce - our data is so much worse than the customer service system's data.
by malsmith June 12, 2015
Get the Data Guiltmug. An entity (i.e. person or machine) which uses data they do not have permission to use, in a way that is malicious and/or exploitative.
by pseudonick5000 July 9, 2018
Get the Data Banditmug. also Data-blight
The systemic propagation and entrenchment of inaccurate or corrupted personal data across interconnected digital or bureaucratic ecosystems, resulting in material, social, or psychological harm to the affected individual.
In essence, data blight describes how a falsehood, once digitized and networked, acquires bureaucratic immortality. It exposes the fragility of “truth” in algorithmic governance, where records outrank lived reality.
This phenomenon occurs when erroneous information originating in one data source is automatically replicated, shared, or revalidated by other institutions—often through automated data exchange, identity verification, or algorithmic matching—creating a self-reinforcing web of falsehoods. Like biological blight, it spreads through interdependence, exploiting weak governance, poor data hygiene, and the absence of effective correction mechanisms.
Example: An error in one government database—such as misrecording a single person as a married cohabitant—can cascade through banking, taxation, and utilities systems, effectively rewriting the individual’s administrative identity and generating real-world consequences including denial of services, legal misclassification, or reputational harm.
The systemic propagation and entrenchment of inaccurate or corrupted personal data across interconnected digital or bureaucratic ecosystems, resulting in material, social, or psychological harm to the affected individual.
In essence, data blight describes how a falsehood, once digitized and networked, acquires bureaucratic immortality. It exposes the fragility of “truth” in algorithmic governance, where records outrank lived reality.
This phenomenon occurs when erroneous information originating in one data source is automatically replicated, shared, or revalidated by other institutions—often through automated data exchange, identity verification, or algorithmic matching—creating a self-reinforcing web of falsehoods. Like biological blight, it spreads through interdependence, exploiting weak governance, poor data hygiene, and the absence of effective correction mechanisms.
Example: An error in one government database—such as misrecording a single person as a married cohabitant—can cascade through banking, taxation, and utilities systems, effectively rewriting the individual’s administrative identity and generating real-world consequences including denial of services, legal misclassification, or reputational harm.
That error in the Electoral Register has come up again. I'm data blighted and my bank has frozen my accounts.
by APedant October 28, 2025
Get the Data Blightmug. There was an error last night and we're not sure what happened; let's ask Mike to look at the logs, he's a real data hound.
by MultiTech Guru January 9, 2019
Get the Data Houndmug.