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In computer science, garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) is the concept that flawed, biased or poor quality ("garbage") information or input produces a result or output of similar ("garbage") quality. The adage points to the need to improve data quality in, for example, programming. Rubbish in, rubbish out (RIRO) is an alternate wording. [1] [2] [3]
(slang) to crash a motor vehicle with generally minor damage (US: fender bender) pram, perambulator wheeled conveyance for babies (US: baby-carriage) prat * (slang) an incompetent or ineffectual person, a fool, an idiot press-up a conditioning exercise in which one lies prone and then pushes oneself up by the arms (outside Britain: push-up ...
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
The origin of the term bogan is unclear; both the Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian Oxford Dictionary cite the origin as unknown. [6] Some Sydney residents' recollection is that the term is based on the concept that residents of the western suburbs (stereotyped as "Westies") displayed what are now termed "bogan" characteristics and that an individual who displayed these characteristics ...
Shitposting is a modern form of online provocation. The term itself appeared around the mid-2000s on image boards such as 4chan.Writing for Polygon, Sam Greszes compared shitposting to Dadaism's "confusing, context-free pieces that, specifically because they were so absurd, were seen as revolutionary works both artistically and politically".
The expression "white trash" probably originated in the slang used by enslaved African Americans, in the early decades of the 1800s, and was quickly adopted by richer white people who used the term to stigmatize and separate themselves from the kind of whites they considered to be inferior [12] and without honor, thus carrying on "the ancient prejudice against menials, swineherds, peddlers and ...
The term was borrowed in Romanian slang with the meaning of "person" or "lover" Gaco In Turkish Gaco means "the Gypsy"; the Turkish Cypriots use this term for the mainland Turkish people. Gaijin (Japan) anybody not ethnic Japanese, though most widely used to describe whites and non-Asians. Sometimes intended to be derogatory.
Trash-talk has become a debatable term, especially in North American sports, with the greatest trash talkers being acknowledged for both their trash-talking skills as well as their athletic and mental abilities. [3] For example, Larry Bird is regarded as a prolific trash talker and was known for his athletic ability backing up his trash talk.