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gonkulator
Jan. 10th, 2008 07:53 amgonkulator - n., a pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose.
To quote the Jargon File, which goes on to note it's "usually used to describe one's least favorite piece of computer hardware." Popularized on Hogan's Heroes. Probably from to gonk, from a mythical German verb meaning to embellish the truth beyond recognition.
---L.
To quote the Jargon File, which goes on to note it's "usually used to describe one's least favorite piece of computer hardware." Popularized on Hogan's Heroes. Probably from to gonk, from a mythical German verb meaning to embellish the truth beyond recognition.
---L.
