veeblefester

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

veeblefester
 /vee'[email protected]`tr/, n.

   [from the Born Loser comix via Commodore; prob.: originally from Mad
   Magazine's `Veeblefetzer' parodies beginning in #15, 1954] Any
   obnoxious person engaged in the (alleged) professions of marketing or
   management. Antonym of {hacker}. Compare {suit}, {marketroid}.

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

veeblefester

   <jargon, abuse> /vee'b*l-fes"tr/ (From "Born Loser" comix via
   {Commodore}; probably originally from "Mad" Magazine's
   "Veeblefeetzer" parodies ca. 1960) Any obnoxious person
   engaged in the (alleged) professions of marketing or
   management.

   Antonym of {hacker}.  Compare {suit}, {marketroid}.  See also
   {veeblefetzer}.

   [veeblefeetzer or veeblefetzer?]

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1996-03-31)