squirrelcide
n.
[common on Usenet's comp.risks newsgroup.] (alt.: squirrelicide) What
all too frequently happens when a squirrel decides to exercise its
species's unfortunate penchant for shorting out power lines with their
little furry bodies. Result: one dead squirrel, one down computer
installation. In this situation, the computer system is said to have
been squirrelcided.