Goldberg n.— «Goldberg. Cheap, complicated machine piece.» —“Machinists’ Slang and Jargon [“add machinists”]” by Mendelowitz in Wisc., Ohio, N.Y., Ind., Mich., Ala. Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938...
drawbreak n.— «Buddy hands me his lotto numbers, I try to run them through the machine knowing full well that it’s too late. The machine beeps and gives me the message “Rejected by Central, Drawbreak” I shake my head in mock...
paper airplane n. in aeronautics and aerospace, a flying machine that is strictly theoretical. Editorial Note: The adjectival form paper, referring to something that exists only in print or writing but not as a physical object, is fairly common...
sewing machine leg n.— «Sometimes, it’s very painful to have very tight, contracted muscles. Some patients refer to it as their “sewing-machine” leg because it kind of bounces around. It can very bothersome, especially at...
grunty adj.— «You need a grunty machine to handle 10,000 connections on IRC and a fast pipe with low latency.» —“A peek at script kiddie culture” by Andrew D. Kirch NewsForge Mar. 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
lappy n.— «After all the kvetching (I don’t know how to spell in Yiddish), this schmuck managed to turn a used lappy into a killer computing machine.» —“Buying Used Computers—Addendum” NonProphet Apr. 14, 2002...