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exformation

exformation  n.— «A Danish writer, Tor Norretranders, invented a term for this in his book The User Illusion: exformation. Exformation is short for “explicitly discarded information,” the information you strip out of a message...

RFE

RFE  n.— «We keep a catalog of good ideas called “RFEs” (requests for enhancement).» —“The PVRBlog Interview: Ten Questions with TiVo’s Director of User Experience, Margret Schmidt” by Margret...

button farm

button farm  n.— «I hate “button farm’ remotes—like the one Toshiba used for the SD-H400. Terrible design, rows of similar buttons.» —“The PVRBlog Interview: Ten Questions with TiVo’s Director of User Experience, Margret...

durrty durrty

durrty durrty  n.— «I’ve lived in Smiths Alabama all my life [da durrty durrty south…repin dat 334…lolz. » —“User Info” by Laura (trupimpcess) in Smiths, Ala. Blurty.com Oct. 10, 2004. (source:...

bonking

bonking  n.— «Unlike our former system, the new system emits a “bonking” tone when a transmission doesn’t go through, so a user can then move to try to establish a better connection.» —“Cooperative...