programs that just sit there silently grinding long after either
failure or some output is expected. "Uh oh. I should have gotten
a prompt ten seconds ago. The program's in deep space somewhere."
Compare {buzz}, {catatonic}, {hyperspace}. 2. The
metaphorical location of a human so dazed and/or confused or caught
up in some esoteric form of {bogosity} that he or she no longer
responds coherently to normal communication. Compare {page
out}.

:defenestration: /n./ [from the traditional Czechoslovakian
method of assassinating prime ministers, via SF fandom] 1. Proper
karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster. "Oh, ghod, that
was *awful*!" "Quick! Defenestrate him!" 2. The act of
exiting a window system in order to get better response time from a
full-screen program. This comes from the dictionary meaning of
`defenestrate', which is to throw something out a window. 3. The
act of discarding something under the assumption that it will
improve matters. "I don't have any disk space left." "Well,
why don't you defenestrate that 100 megs worth of old core dumps?"
4. Under a GUI, the act of dragging something out of a window
(onto the screen). "Next, defenestrate the MugWump icon."
5. [proposed] The requirement to support a command-line interface.
"It has to run on a VT100." "Curses! I've been
defenestrated!"

:defined as: /adj./ In the role of, usually in an
organization-chart sense. "Pete is currently defined as bug
prioritizer." Compare {logical}.

:dehose: /dee-hohz/ /vt./ To clear a {hosed} condition.