nurdle
n.— «“No it’s not. Mine’s got a bigger nurdle.” “Yeah, but I bet it hasn’t got one of them new widgets”» —“Re: Amiga vs. Mac” by Julian Barkway Usenet: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Jan. 21, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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