LMJargon

  1. bastardization n. Nickname for cc:Mail, said of its frailty and its divine ability to crash every couple weeks. See also SissyMail, DogMail, and paragraph warp.

  1. n. The special word/paragraph wrap applied to text by the cc:Frail text editor on PCs.

  1. n. Sardonic name for MS-DOS, always followed by a wry Thanks Dick.

  1. n. Enjoyable taste and warm sensation in the esophagus when air is driven upward from the stomach a couple hours after eating curry chicken. Such burps can be painful, due to the spicy content of the food, and can bring on a mild case of reflux esophagitus.

  1. n. #1 at Bayon; curry chicken Cambodian style; the choice of choices; food of the gods. See ooze, token carrot, curry chicken burps. See also the recipe

  1. n. A device that produces useful software when you feed it beer, pretzels, and curry chicken.

  1. pejorative n. 1. The least intelligent or least perceptive end-users. _“I included that switch as the default for the pond scum,” or cc:Mail is written for users with an I.Q. of pond scum“ (See drool-proof paper).
  2. n. Relating to a feature or element of a program included to make it easier for the pond scum, or to prevent them from making a mikstake.

  1. n. The directory L:PREREL/x/y, a destination for program and data files expected to function correctly during release mode, where x and y are defined by the release manager and may differ among components of the release. Files are copied from Prerel to Release by the release manager using a release makefile of love.

  1. n. A four-hour sweat period immediately preceding an eight-hour drinking period, a four-hour hurling period, an eight-hour broken period, and a twenty-four-hour sleeping period.

  1. n. The use of all available physical and mental effort toward the common good of the company to get a software release out the door as soon as possible; an environmental state in which all the software engines on a given project work more than they sleep for a worthy purpose, such as finishing up a new software release, or geting the product shipped out at end of month. See release mode, release party, LM widow, home life.