clunker

A dirty chunk of snow and ice that builds up inside a car fender in the winter (and eventually falls off). Also known as a car booger or a slurd.

I wish they'd fix that road; it gets so many potholes after a thaw that it knocks all the clunkers off everyone's cars.

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barriernoia

Fear of Jersey barriers and construction barriers. Its primary symptom is a tendency to drive slowly and/or hug the opposite side of a lane where such barriers are present.

Although the shoulder work didn't actually block traffic, things were still slow from a few drivers getting barriernoia.

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conaphobia

Fear of traffic cones. Its primary symptom is a tendency to drive more slowly than necessary where such cones are used on a roadway.

No lanes were actually blocked by the utility work, but traffic was still slow due to a few drivers' conaphobia.

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gamma tester

A user of new software or equipment, who must deal with the bugs that were not eliminated in beta testing.

(Derivation: Gamma is the next Greek letter after alpha and beta.)

I'm going to wait a while before getting Windows Vista; I remember the problems people had with XP and Service Pack 2 when they came out, and I don't want to be a gamma tester.

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babelphishing

Phishing scams that contains numerous grammatical errors, as if they were run through an automated translation service (such as Babelfish or Google Translate).

Adam: "It says I violated their Terms of Service."
Bob: "Yeah, but look at all the grammar mistakes. Some scammer is just babelphishing for your account info."

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110%

A mathematically impossible amount to give (unless you borrow 10% from somewhere).

Coach: "I want you to give 110% out there!"

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sixty-eleven

An unknown but moderately large quantity.

Me: Grandpa, how many of them were there?

Grandpa: *shrug* Sixty-eleven!

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