DPer /dee-pee-er/ n.
Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that suits use this term self-referentially.
Computers process data, not people! See DP.
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Dr. Fred Mbogo /*m-boh'goh, dok'tr fred/ n.
[Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to see about a
problem, esp. an incompetent professional; a shyster. "Do you
know a good eye doctor?" "Sure, try Mbogo Eye Care and
Professional Dry Cleaning." The name comes from synergy between
bogus and the original Dr. Mbogo, a
witch doctor who was Gomez Addams' physician on the old "Addams
Family" TV show. Interestingly enough, it turns out that under
the rules for Swahili noun classes, `m-' is the characteristic
prefix of "nouns referring to human beings". As such, "mbogo" is
quite plausible as a Swahili coinage for a person having the
nature of a bogon. Compare Bloggs Family and J. Random Hacker; see also Fred Foobar and fred.