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elephant clicking
When a technical person (developer, engineer, scientist, et al.) uses a UI tool to solve a problem instead of the command line or underlying program.
The 'elephant' comes from the PostgreSQL elephant and the many related SQL GUI clients that allow developers to avoid using SQL from the command line for queries. However, this phrase is not limited to PostgreSQL and can refer to any other GUI or related to tool that allows a user to click around to find their way.
This phrase originated at Even Financial, an incomparable Fintech company in the heart of NYC.
The 'elephant' comes from the PostgreSQL elephant and the many related SQL GUI clients that allow developers to avoid using SQL from the command line for queries. However, this phrase is not limited to PostgreSQL and can refer to any other GUI or related to tool that allows a user to click around to find their way.
This phrase originated at Even Financial, an incomparable Fintech company in the heart of NYC.
Alex: I use the debugger to step-through my code when there's unexpected behavior.
Ross: STOP ELEPHANT CLICKING, YOU ELEPHANT CLICKER!!!
Ross: STOP ELEPHANT CLICKING, YOU ELEPHANT CLICKER!!!
elephant clicking by An_Unknown_Programmer May 10, 2018
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Cracking the UAV
To be looking for woman to hook up with.
Refers to a killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, where a UAV (unarmed aerial vehicle) would indicate the location of enemies on the minimap. Similarly, cracking the UAV means looking for woman to have sex with.
First coined by the TikToker onlyonedan
Refers to a killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, where a UAV (unarmed aerial vehicle) would indicate the location of enemies on the minimap. Similarly, cracking the UAV means looking for woman to have sex with.
First coined by the TikToker onlyonedan
Cracking the UAV by Dragocaust April 28, 2023
flap cracking
The act of pouring pancake batter down your butt crack, heating up a curling iron and sticking it between your buttchecks to make flapjacks.
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