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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>deflicted</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="defined-as.html" title="defined as"/><link rel="next" href="dehose.html" title="dehose"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">deflicted</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="defined-as.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dehose.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="deflicted"/><dt xmlns="" id="deflicted"><b>deflicted</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [portmanteau of “<span class="quote">defective</span>” and
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“<span class="quote">afflicted</span>”; common among PC repair technicians, and probably
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originated among hardware techs outside the hacker community proper] Term
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used of hardware that is broken due to poor design or shoddy manufacturing
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or (especially) both; less frequently used of software and rarely of
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people. This term is normally employed in a tone of weary contempt by
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technicians who have seen the specific failure in the trouble report before
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and are cynically confident they'll see it again. Ultimately this may
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derive from Frank Zappa's 1974 album <i class="citetitle">Apostrophe</i>, on
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which the Fur Trapper infamously rubs his deflicted eyes...</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="defined-as.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dehose.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">defined as </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dehose</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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