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code grinder
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n. 1. A suit -wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks
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and insurance companies to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such
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unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes
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the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt
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(starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long)
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may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps.
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The code grinder 's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and
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still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. See Real World , suit. 2.
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Used of or to a hacker, a really serious slur on the person's creative
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ability; connotes a design style characterized by primitive technique,
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rule-boundedness, brute force , and utter lack of imagination. Contrast
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hacker , Real Programmer.
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