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Standard diagnostic technique. Involves removing power from a printer/workstation/server and reapplying it. This will usually clear most error conditions and allow one to resume normal operations. Also known as 'Buttoning it'

Customer: My computer froze when I started explorer...
Helpdesk: Did you try power cycling it?
Customer: Whuh?
Helpdesk: Turn it off, then back on
Customer: But I'll lose all my work!
Helpdesk: No splurgh...

power cycle by .shalroth May 23, 2005

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power cycle

To watch an entire season of a television show in a short amount of time.

I was sick, so I decided to power cycle through season 2 of 'Family Guy'.

power cycle by AbsolutAmber January 12, 2009

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Power cycle

To unplug a power adapter for an electronic device .

Would you power cycle your wireless router?

Power cycle by Thefootball December 15, 2017

go through the power cycle

IT support desk lingo for turning your PC on and off again , a modern version of "please reboot your machine" , normally said in an incredibly patronising and monotone voice

My f**king PC crashed again and those IT geeks just told me to go through the power cycle so now I've lost a whole days work .

go through the power cycle by twenty dollar g string girl March 10, 2011

grebo

West Midlands slang word for rockers, bikers, greasers etc. In the late 1980s it was used by the UK music press to refer to a specific scene centered around the bands Pop Will Eat Itself and Crazyhead. The term never found favour with readers of 'the inkies' (Sounds, Melody Maker and the still extant NME) and was soon dropped. Now often used in predominantly working-class areas of the midlands and the north to mean someone who listens to rock-derived music and/or dresses in a manner that suggests they affiliate themselves with rock music of some kind.

Some grebo passed with Sabbath playing on his stereo.
The Poppies are at no. 17? God, a grebo band in the charts!
They're playing nu-metal now, bloody grebos!

grebo by cactuscat September 15, 2006

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TikTok Farlands

TikTok Farlands is a term to refer to videos that you see after scrolling for a long time. These videos can potentially be disturbing, or weird. Said videos can also have low likes, or low comments.

“I reached the TikTok Farlands bro”

TikTok Farlands by PINES FAMILY TORTURER July 24, 2026

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mormon assault vehicle

another term for a station wagon, mini-van, or any other kind of vehicle that is targeted at the "family" demographic(also M.A.V.)

"Tactical advantages aside, the M.A.V. is top of the line for the holy warrior troop transport manufactured by the Church of Latter Day Saints Military Industrial Complex. Also great for family trips...to heathen lands."

mormon assault vehicle by KVRX January 10, 2005

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Shakira Law

A version of "Sharia Law" that Reform Ltd supporters tend to refer to, often by mistake.

Richard Tice of Reform now lives in Dubai, under Shakira Law, although telling Brits that we should worry about it

Shakira Law by Reformltd February 16, 2025

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