LMJargon

1. n. A brief and intensely euphoric period between software releases in which large quantities of alcohol are consumed and a new item of wardrobe enhancement is obtained. The parties were usually held at Club LM or in the hardware kitchen. A few release parties were held at Club Cow until sometime in 1994 when the tradition seems to have petered out. See also broken, release mode, crunch mode.

1. n. State of software life-cycle during which beer is consumed, bugs are fixed and new features are designed. See also crunch mode, release party.

1. n. The number-two broken PC program, especially because of its bastardized editor and its propensity to destroy its database integrity, resulting in lost messages and other messages becoming “new” again.

2. n. The number-one most broken Macintosh software. See also SissyMail, DogMail, cc:Frail and paragraph warp.

1. v. Working but poorly or ignobly designed or implemented, for example dBASE, cc:Mail, and Dick's Operating System. Not specific to software. This dictionary is broken.

2. v. Not performing satisfactorily or complex enough for software engines, yet fine for the pond scum. What a broken feature.

3. v. Previously working, but currently unworking due to a new bug. I can't put it up in Prerel yet—it's still broken!

4. v. Any undesirable action, concept, mentality, or object. For example, a new tax law could be broken, or a genre of music — say Country — could be broken.

5. v. Not working at full brain capacity; in a state of crapulence. Aaron looks pretty broken this morning. Must've been a good party.

6. interj. Expression of pain when it hurts to think, as is typical after teardown or a release party.

7. interj. My glass/bottle is empty.

8. interj. Your glass/bottle is empty.

9. interj. You are blocking the path to the refrigerator.

10. interj. You are blocking the path to the bathroom.

11. interj. Any other nebulous undesirable state.

1. n. Number-one broken PC program. Tracks bugs during release mode and elicits d'Oh noises.

n. Preferred habitat of software engineers; no light or as little light as possible.

1. interj. Clamorous indignation directed toward a foolish mistake or program (mis)feature, or toward anything unexpected, such as a virus scan, a “Leonardo/VOL2 almost out of disk space” network broadcast message, or anything that happens when using dBASE or cc:Mail. Origin: Homer Simpson.
2. interj. Return acknowledgment of someone else's d'Oh.

1. interj. Expression of displeasure or disagreement when overhead lights are turned on, or as an alternative to d'Oh! See black lab.