"
Yup. It's a backdoor put in by the geeks who built these
phone support systems back in the 1990's"
- xkcd Episode 806
A
secret phrase used to allow programmers direct access to Technical Support people skilled in at least two programming languages.
Customer: "
Hello, yes I've a problem with the network between my router and your systems"
Tech Support: "
Okay, if you'll click the start button - "
Customer: "I don'
t have a start button, I'm running
linux."
Tech Support: "oh, well we don't suport that"
Customer: "Shiboleet"
Tech Support: "Yes sir, right away!"
Informed Tech Support: "Yes sir, I see your issue, hang on a sec..." *type, type*
Informed Tech Support: "Alright, it should be fixed now"
Customer: "Thanks!"