format war

Refers to a repetitive series of hot-headed and destructive actions whereby two or more people seethingly format a computer-disk or other media-storage device over and over to erase the previous user's files because each person either dislikes/disapproves of the content that the other users are storing on it, or each person selfishly/arrogantly feels that his own files are more important/necessary/virtuous than those of any of the device's other users.

I always bring extra floppy disks and/or flash-drives with me --- and clearly label them with my name --- to store my own files when I use the office computer, to hopefully avoid any format wars.

format war by QuacksO January 7, 2019

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formatwandler

"Formatwandler"is a term used for a guy that makes you wonder everyday more and more...
one day he seems to be a total dark..
the next day he is prince charming himself...the day after tomorrow he is mysterious...looking forward for more of the formatwandler... can already say I found a new friend...

-"He rides his own songs and plays it on the piano"
"Man that dude is a formatwandler"

-"He makes those cute moves when he plays the piano, he starts to get dimples and he has a smile like he had the ride of his life just 5 seconds ago." He is a Formatwandler

formatwandler by Sebastian Woelfel January 9, 2009

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formatwandler

-"He rides his own songs and plays it on the piano"
"Man that dude is a formatwandler"

-"He makes those cute moves when he plays the piano, he starts to get dimples and has he has a smile like he had the ride of his life just 5 seconds ago." He is a Formatwandler

formatwandler by Sebastian Woelfel January 16, 2008

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