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slackfire

To unintentionally make achieving a goal more difficult by trying to achieve it the fastest, easiest, cheapest way possible.
My plan to save money by not doing routine maintenance on my car slackfired when the engine blew.
by dkrnet May 15, 2016
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slackware

A linux distribution distinguished by being particularly "bare-bones" Also well known for good security right out of the box.
My RedHat box got rooted, so I switched to slackware.
by Glyn Devine May 18, 2003
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slackware

Better than red hat but harder initaly to learn.
Works great and is recomended greatly in computer security.
by slack July 11, 2003
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slackface

Suffering from loss of facial utility, typically characterised by inability to outwardly exhibit emotion.

Linked to overuse or abuse at the hands of a particularly menial task.

See rackface.
Alice: Since his stint on the last project, Richard's been suffering from a disctinct case of slackface.

Bob: I know; I heard that project was a biatch.
by outofcoffee January 20, 2009
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slackware

The best, fastest, simplest, oldest, most secure, and most UNIX-like distribution of Linux.
I use Slackware on my box. Better dead than Red(Hat)
by RucasRiot February 17, 2004
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office slackie

Co-worker who wanders the hallway throughout the day, stopping by to interrupt others from their jobs. Oftentimes, the office slackie will strike-up conversations about ambiguous things, typically with no point (see time whore). Also known for walking up on conversations that are in progress, and will proceed to insert himself into the dialogue.

Not to be confused with a door bore, who mainly strikes in the morning.
“Hi honey, what did you do at the office today?”

“Today, I created a spreadsheet to track the number of times John came into my office to talk about nothing. Twelve times today, he such an office slackie.”
by Line Drive May 15, 2007
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snackfire

The failure of a snack to alleviate hunger that results in an unwanted increase in hunger.
I was still hungry after lunch, so I ate some crackers and hummus, but it totally snackfired on me and I'm even hungrier now!
by brizzaxian March 24, 2016
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