farkled

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

farkled
 /far'kld/, adj.

   [DeVry Institute of Technology, Atlanta] Syn. {hosed}. Poss. owes
   something to Yiddish farblondjet and/or the `Farkle Family' skits on
   Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, a popular comedy show of the late 1960s.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

farkled

   <jargon> /far'kld/ (From DeVry Institute of Technology,
   Atlanta) A synonym for {hosed}.  Possibly related to Yiddish
   "farblondjet" and/or the "Farkle Family" skits on Rowan &
   Martin's Laugh-In.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1998-09-07)

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