May 15, 2003

squirrelcide

n.

[common on Usenet's comp.risks newsgroup.] (alt.: squirrelicide) What all too frequently happens when a squirrel decides to exercise its species's unfortunate penchant for shorting out power lines with their little furry bodies. Result: one dead squirrel, one down computer installation. In this situation, the computer system is said to have been squirrelcided.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:28 AM

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