hosed adj.
Same as down. Used primarily by
Unix hackers. Humorous: also implies a condition thought to be
relatively easy to reverse. Probably derived from the Canadian
slang `hoser' popularized by the Bob and Doug Mackenzie skits on
SCTV, but this usage predated SCTV by years in hackerdom (it was
certainly already live at CMU in the 1970s). See hose. It is also widely used of people in the
mainstream sense of `in an extremely unfortunate situation'.
Once upon a time, a Cray that had been experiencing periodic
difficulties crashed, and it was announced to have been hosed. It
was discovered that the crash was due to the disconnection of
some coolant hoses. The problem was corrected, and users were
then assured that everything was OK because the system had been
rehosed. See also dehose.
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hot chat n.
Sexually explicit one-on-one chat. See teledildonics.