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blue screen of death

In the bad old days before XP, this was a frequent occurence on computers which ran on a Windows OS. In some of the worst cases, you only had to look at the computer in a funny manner for the temperamental bastard to give you the Blue Screen Of Death! It usually tells you some shit like "a fatal error has occured" and gives you some mathematical gibberish. Basically, it means the operating system is rather shite and can't be arsed doing what you wanted it to do...
I remember a few years ago on my section at work we had this computer that gave us the Blue Screen Of Death so fuckin' often on a daily basis that I ended up decorating the monitor with the chequered tape we normally use on files if someone is terminally ill!
by joannedj January 5, 2007
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bluegreener

A bluegreener is a type of larrie who makes everything they see about larry even if it's just a coincidence.
(blue cause of Louis💙 and green cause of Harry💚)
Ex: 'I don't wanna seem like a bluegreener but *insert larry proof*...'
by cmplucie May 11, 2020
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Bluescreening

(verb): when confronted with many tasks, the act of procrastinating.

Referring to the Blue Screen of Death, when a computer crashes from trying to run too many programs.
I have so many projects due this week, I'm just Bluescreening.
by Phil Colson May 25, 2008
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blue screen of death

A screen that appears on all versions of Windows when the system has an error so bad it has to shut down. The error text is displayed as DOS text on a blue background, hence the name. Versions before XP were notorious for giving this screen VERY frequently, though later versions were progressively more stable. XP and Vista users generally don't get this unless:
1. They fuck with software in ways they're really not supposed to.
2.They build their computer themselves and install vital parts wrong.
3. They use bad drivers, especially with their video cards or motherboards.
I started up Windows 95 and got the Blue Screen of Death before I even logged in!
by aewfdsewrtg February 1, 2009
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Blue Screen

The act of getting blackout drunk in which you lose all control and your body must reset. Similar to that of an iPhone after being damaged.
James: hey joe, where's Kevin?
Joe: Kevin is being helped to the bathroom, he's pretty much hit the blue screen stage.
by _Marv_ April 25, 2016
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Blue screen

A phrase coined in the earlier Windows days when a blue screen would appear while you were doing something important and you would have to restart your fucking computer because all operating systems up to XP were unstable as fuck.
by Chris February 2, 2003
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Blue-screen-of-death-ing

Verb (gerund). Blue-screen-of-death occurrence.
WTF!? My computer keeps blue-screen-of-death-ing like crazy!
by Azure2 June 22, 2009
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