gumby /guhm'bee/ n.
[from a class of Monty Python characters, poss. with some
influence from the 1960s claymation character] 1. An act of minor
but conspicuous stupidity, often in `gumby maneuver' or `pull a
gumby'. 2. [NRL] n. A bureaucrat, or other technical incompetent
who impedes the progress of real work. 3. adj. Relating to things
typically associated with people in sense 2. (e.g. "Ran would be
writing code, but Richard gave him gumby work that's due on
Friday", or, "Dammit! Travel screwed up my plane tickets. I have
to go out on gumby patrol.")
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gun vt.
[ITS, now rare: from the :GUN command] To
forcibly terminate a program or job (computer, not career). "Some
idiot left a background process running soaking up half the
cycles, so I gunned it." Usage: now rare. Compare can, blammo.