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squirrelcide
n. [common on Usenet's comp.risks newsgroup.] (alt.: squirrelicide ) What all too frequently happens when a squirrel decides to exercise its species's unfortunate penchant for shorting out power lines with their little furry bodies. Result: one dead squirrel, one down computer installation. In this situation, the computer system is said to have been squirrelcided.