LMJargon

  1. n. Progressive poker game in which players get 5 cards and decide in or out. In players get two more cards. If only a single player is in, s/he must play against the top seven cards on the deck.

  1. v. To figure, as in to calculate: Let me finger out what that is in hex

  1. n. The number-two most broken(1 & 2) Macintosh software only if used as multi-user database or if DaveP is in crunch mode.

  1. obsolete n. A form of basketball played in the Cow Dome in which a player continually insults the other in order make them miss a shot. Insults are frequently accompanied by a rubber band shot to the head.

  1. acronym n. Outline Font Monitor Daughter. The monitor is a GrayScale 1280 or GS-1280. The controller is the OFMD.

  1. v. Opposite of of love, as in the network protocol of hate. Less-used than of love as there are fewer cases of one outstanding example of hatefulness.

  1. n. The directory L:OFFICIALx, a destination for software releases just prior to mastering onto floppies, where x is a directory determined by the release manager and generally relates to the current project. Files are copied from Release to Official by someone in QA.

  1. n. A small restaurant in Dunwoody, Georgia, visisted by LM'ers during Spring '90 Demcox. The evening included incredible amounts of Italian food, raiding the liquor store next door for Tanqueray, helping yourself to the after dinner liqueurs, and joke-telling waiters.

  1. n. Outside of a meeting. Let's take that off-line.

  1. suffix Appended to another word to create a personification. For example, software guy, hardware guy, Mac guy, PC guy, QA guy. In plural form, “guys” is generally accepted as a unisex word (at least by the guys). In singular form, “guy” may refer specifically to the male denomination, although this is not always the case. When referring specifically to the female denomination, note that the alternative “gal” is not automatically considered to be in good taste.