May 15, 2003

steam-powered

adj.

Old-fashioned or underpowered; archaic. This term does not have a strong negative loading and may even be used semi-affectionately for something that clanks and wheezes a lot but hangs in there doing the job.

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

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