Term used to describe a low skill IT support professional that doesn’t actually know how to fix device issues so just restarts the machine knowing it resets everything and at least works around the problem. ‘Restarts’ are typically low motivation, neurotic individuals, yet over their career amazingly can weasel their way to senior technology leadership positions (typically in academia).
Student 1: Hey buddy, you struggling with that pc again? why don’t you call support?
Student 2: Yeah, it’s hanging and crashing a lot, but you know they’ll just send one of their Restarts to look at it. Waste of time!
Student 3: hey, I heard they just promoted ‘the’ original Restart to Head of Technology now - can you believe it!
Student 1: oh what! come on, how? He couldn’t even fix a printer paper jam once…he got his balls caught in the output tray and split his scrotum.
Student 2: Yeah, it’s hanging and crashing a lot, but you know they’ll just send one of their Restarts to look at it. Waste of time!
Student 3: hey, I heard they just promoted ‘the’ original Restart to Head of Technology now - can you believe it!
Student 1: oh what! come on, how? He couldn’t even fix a printer paper jam once…he got his balls caught in the output tray and split his scrotum.
by CrubClub May 17, 2023
Get the Restarts mug.(v) The action of restarting of any dysfunctional electronic device, process or application in the hope that it consequently results in the inexplicable phenomenon of it operating in previous flawless functionality.
"The Internet is down. Let me magic restart the router."
"I think I need to perform a magic restart on my browser"
"After magic restarting everything worked as normal"
"I think I need to perform a magic restart on my browser"
"After magic restarting everything worked as normal"
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A secret substitute for the “r” word. Founded from phones autocorrecting the offensive word when typed in, into “restarted”.
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Get the Restarted mug.Video gamers who continually restart to succeed at a level, battle, or match to avoid a losing record, or to continue ones turn without passing the controller to the next gamer in line.
Dude, what the hell? It's my turn!!!
Whatever dude, that was a winners restart. I'm just about to beat this level.
Whatever dude, that was a winners restart. I'm just about to beat this level.
by Oso D'lyshus February 26, 2008
Get the winners restart mug.A common misspelling of the word retard. It can also be used ironically to mock those who cannot spell, or just for fun.
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Get the Restart mug.A misspelling of the word "retard" that means the same thing. Also a way to censor "retard" or "retarded" in a way that is publicly accepted as "retard" is seen as somewhat offensive.
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Get the Restart mug.Term used for when Windows asks if you want to restart now or later, and you choose later. Also fair warning when online that you might restart any minute. Its the same as holding in a shit in that eventually, you have to do it. Thus, "holding in a restart".
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