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brogrammer

Pejorative adjective for computer programmers or others with a technical skill-set that adhere to a "bro" or "cool" culture, often obnoxiously so.

This phenomenon arose circa 2010 when the proliferation of popular tech-themed movies such as "21", "The Social Network", and "Iron Man" and tech-celebrities such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg glamorized technical skills. As such those who often grew up as socially repressed outcasts or "nerds" due to their academic or technical aptitude and social ineptitude now found themselves in socially desirable class of society. This incited a once repressed demographic to become much more socially active despite social cluelessness, resulting in an obnoxious culture that tends to mimic stereotypical "jock", "bro", or "cool" culture in combination with the egotism, insensitivity, and terrible humor of "nerd" culture.

"That guy who said 'Erlang is bitchingly fast' is such a brogrammer"

by smaker November 2, 2016

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brogrammer

Pejorative adjective for computer programmers or others with a technical skill-set that adhere to a "bro" or "cool" culture, often obnoxiously so.

This phenomenon arose circa 2010 when the proliferation of popular tech-themed movies such as "21", "The Social Network", and "Iron Man" and tech-celebrities such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg glamorized technical skills. As such those who often grew up as socially repressed outcasts or "nerds" due to their academic or technical aptitude and social ineptitude now found themselves in socially desirable class of society. This incited a once repressed demographic to become much more socially active despite social cluelessness, resulting in an obnoxious culture that tends to mimic stereotypical "jock", "bro", or "cool" culture in combination with the egotism, insensitivity, and terrible humor of "nerd" culture.

"That guy who said 'Erlang is bitchingly fast' is such a brogrammer"

by smaker November 2, 2016

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freak-tard

n.

A person who is freaking retarted or retarded. Or someone who is freaky and retarted or retarded. Or a freak who is also retarted or retarded

I don't trust those bridesmaids; they seem like a bunch of freak-tards.

by smaker May 15, 2018


Brogramming

The act of writing computer code while visibly adhering to brogrammer norms.

The practice is usually seen as annoying, as the brogrammer appears to be desperately or intrusively seeking the appearance of being cool, technically adept, and/or productive, i.e. "crushing it".

Programming while using drugs or alcohol, programming with a cap on backwards, programming in any type of clothing that lacks sleeves, programming while listening to music so loudly that people across the room can hear it from one's headphones, programming while violently bobbing one's head to said music, programming with sunglasses on, programming with the hood of one's hoodie on, programming and shouting "fuck" periodically (ostensibly when a super tough coding problem is encountered), programming with one's feet up, programming in the close possession of an inordinate amount of energy drinks, etc. are all examples of brogramming

by smaker September 16, 2016

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nigh-fi

pronunciation "NYE-fi". Science fiction that focuses on dark consequences of the near-term future. Etymology: "the end is nigh" + "sci-fi"

Black Mirror is a great example of contemporary nigh-fi drama.

by smaker November 5, 2020


Tit Monday

The first truly warm day of spring on which women often get over-eager about not wearing clothes.

N.B. Tit Monday does not necessarily always fall on a Monday

After weeks of 30 - 40 degree weather, this Friday will will have a high of 65, making it Tit Monday.

by smaker April 13, 2018


retarted

adj. re-TART-ed

The politically correct form of the word retarded.

While retarded came to take on a street meaning akin to "idiotic" or "stupid" the word still had medical meaning used for describing people with clinical mental retardation. Thus, it became quickly politically incorrect to use the word retarded, even though a richly connoted street definition had developed. Hence it became necessary to use a new word which explicitly references the street meaning and not the medical one.

Alex posted a mirror selfie of himself on Facebook. What a retarted thing to do.

by smaker May 15, 2018

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