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bouncing Cybernetic equivalent of going off the air - for repairs, a new app, or other internal tinkering. "The system is bouncing at 4:30 and should be up in 20 minutes." hosed Slightly more polite synonym for military terms like FUBB or FUBAR; totally screwed or technically disabled. Usually used in reference to a malfunctioning computer app or program. Generally personalized - "I'm hosed" rather than "This is hosed." Probably unrelated, mysterious term of unknown origin meaning the same thing: hoarked. broken Temporarily disabled; currently not working ("You can't access the site right now; it's broken"). There's a distinct (and often optimistic) air of impermanence about this term, implying a deep-rooted faith that anything can be fixed. © Ken Barnes	Machines - even computers - have moods, develop ailments, grow old, even kick you back sometimes. But they tend to follow the British motto - never explain, never complain..., which doesn't make life easy when they withdraw their service.

Microspeak: in short, not working...

bouncing: Cybernetic equivalent of going off the air - for repairs, a new app, or other internal tinkering. "The system is bouncing at 4:30 and should be up in 20 minutes."
hosed: Slightly more polite synonym for military terms like FUBB or FUBAR; totally screwed or technically disabled. Usually used in reference to a malfunctioning computer app or program. Generally personalized - "I'm hosed" rather than "This is hosed." Probably unrelated, mysterious term of unknown origin meaning the same thing: hoarked.
broken: Temporarily disabled; currently not working ("You can't access the site right now; it's broken"). There's a distinct (and often optimistic) air of impermanence about this term, implying a deep-rooted faith that anything can be fixed.

Machines - even computers - have moods, develop ailments, grow old, even kick you back sometimes. But they tend to follow the British motto - never explain, never complain..., which doesn't make life easy when they withdraw their service.

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