bagbiter /bag'bi:t-*r/ n.
1. Something, such as a program or a computer, that fails to
work, or works in a remarkably clumsy manner. "This text editor
won't let me make a file with a line longer than 80 characters!
What a bagbiter!" 2. A person who has caused you some trouble,
inadvertently or otherwise, typically by failing to program the
computer properly. Synonyms: loser,
cretin, chomper. 3. `bite the bag' vi. To fail in some
manner. "The computer keeps crashing every five minutes." "Yes,
the disk controller is really biting the bag."
The original loading of these terms was almost undoubtedly
obscene, possibly referring to a douche bag or the scrotum (we
have reports of "Bite the douche bag!" being used as a taunt at
MIT 1970-1976, and we have another report that "Bite the bag!"
was in common use at least as early as 1965), but in their
current usage they have become almost completely sanitized.
ITS's lexiphage program was
the first and to date only known example of a program
intended to be a bagbiter.