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Brucify, v:
1: Kill by nailing onto style(9); "David O'Brien was brucified"
2: Annoy constantly by reminding of potential improvements
[syn: {torment}, {rag}, {tantalize}, {bedevil}, {dun},
{frustrate}]
3: Fix problems that were indicated in an earlier brucification
(of one of the two other meanings).
The word 'brucify' originally comes from the style-reviews of Bruce
Evans of the FreeBSD project, but is now also sometimes used for
reviews just done in his spirit.
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Bubble Memory, n.:
A derogatory term, usually referring to a person's
intelligence. See also "vacuum tube".
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Bucy's Law:
Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
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Bug, n.:
An aspect of a computer program which exists because the
programmer was thinking about Jumbo Jacks or stock options when s/he
wrote the program.
Fortunately, the second-to-last bug has just been fixed.
-- Ray Simard
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Bugs, pl. n.:
Small living things that small living boys throw on small
living girls.
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BULLWINKLE: "You just leave that to my pal. He's the brains of the
outfit."
GENERAL: "What does that make YOU?"
BULLWINKLE: "What else? An executive..."
-- Jay Ward
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Bumper sticker:
"All the parts falling off this car are of the very finest British
manufacture"
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Bureaucrat, n.:
A person who cuts red tape sideways.
-- J. McCabe
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Bureaucrat, n.:
A politician who has tenure.
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Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise.
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