format war

Refers to a repetitive series of hot-headed and destructive actions whereby two or more people seethingly format a computer-disk or other media-storage device over and over to erase the previous user's files because each person either dislikes/disapproves of the content that the other users are storing on it, or each person selfishly/arrogantly feels that his own files are more important/necessary/virtuous than those of any of the device's other users.

I always bring extra floppy disks and/or flash-drives with me --- and clearly label them with my name --- to store my own files when I use the office computer, to hopefully avoid any format wars.

by QuacksO January 7, 2019

Formal Chicken

Penguin

Formal Chickens can’t fly

by Fillupduhrrr April 14, 2019

FormalFontFriday

FFF Is when coworkers are unnecessarily overly proper or formal on a Friday and often break out their most professional font just for emails on formal font Friday.

“Miley, you are so clever with your use of formal fonts- it must be FormalFontFriday!”

by DarleneOliviaPope August 9, 2019

Formasual

When you are formally casual.

Tell Denise to dress Formasual for the show tonight.

by Dirty Uncle Mojo August 23, 2019

Formatist

A belief that format or form-factor is the primary determinant of performance, efficacy, and other traits and that format or form-factor differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular format or form-factor.

My formatist friends believe that HDDVD is superior to Blu-Ray.

by SheepReaper November 6, 2019

Formatism

a political or social system founded on formatism

A government mandated encryption algorithm is an example of institutionalized formatism.

by SheepReaper November 6, 2019

Formatism

Format or form-factor prejudice or discrimination.

A formatist believes that a particular cut of meat is superior to another. (formatism)

by SheepReaper November 6, 2019