data Valdez
n.— «Ted checks in on what people are calling the “data Valdez.”…Every couple of steps we take going forward,…we seem to get hit back by something horrible like “the call” or “the data Valdez.” » —“Hard times at AOL right now” by Jason Calcanis Calcanis.com Aug. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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