To consistently and deliberately keep trying to break something that does not need fixing. In addition, the new "fix" _must not_ aim to provide any compatibility with what it was supposed to "fix", e.g. everything else should be rebuilt from scratch to accommodate said "fix".

1. verb
to poetter (pøtɐ)

2. noun
A poetter is someone who is poettering (pøtɐɪŋ)

Stop poettering on a Friday!
Who poetterred that server?

poetter by pideins October 1, 2019

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Lennart Poettering

A somewhat well-known author of surreal horror fiction from Germany, Lennart Poettering is mostly known for writing overly long and confusing works such as Pulsations of Autophilia (a tragedy about a sluggish autistic teenager who is murdered while fucking his uncle's Porsche and comes back as a ghost to seek vengeance) and Systems Down (about a server administrator who finds himself locked in the server room after closing time with a horrible, memory-corrupting abomination).

I picked up this new book at Barnes and Noble, but it says that Lennart Poettering is required reading so I'm taking it back.

Lennart Poettering by Mister Spleen June 1, 2015

poetterware

Poetterware is a type of software mostly found on Linux systems, for example systemd, pulseaudio, policykit, consolekit, xdg-open, colord and more.
This software generally works very well and solves really complicated problems, but if it doesn't behave the way it should, you will have a hard time debugging the issue (e.g. via dbus), working around it (by quick hacks) or use alternative software. It may be written by Lennart Poettering or the freedesktop foundation or other participants in the ecosystem.

You're using Gentoo Linux with systemd? Yes, although it's poetterware it works very well for me.

poetterware by gnu_jj September 20, 2017

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Pegette

Pegette is a term of Italian origin.

It is a term for anything that can only be defined by itself.

Not to be philosophical.

That Pegette is such a Pegette.

(In this example, Pegette is used as a Pegette.)

Pegette by PetGrapeSopranoAbden January 20, 2011

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Pagette

A girl who LOVES Jimmy Page

Shes a real pagette!

Pagette by KatrinSweden May 18, 2009

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fauxstalgia

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.

Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia

fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010

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pajama casual

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.

We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.

pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020

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