"...Seas of blood, bury life, smell your death as it burns deep inside of you; abacinate, eyes that bleed, praying for the end of your wide-awake nightmare..." -Angel of Death/ Reign In Blood/ Slayer
Desperate means used when you have not studied for a test. On a scantron, you pull the ol' "ABACADABA" and fill in those letters accordingly in hopes of passing the exam.
The cheat code for blood and uncensored fatalities on Mortal Kombat in the Sega Genesis version "ABACABB" a nod to the Abacab album by the band Genesis who shared their name with the North American version of the console. This version was given an MA-13 rating by the Videogame Rating Council.