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English Dictionary: weeble by the DICT Development Group
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   weeble /weeb'l/ interj.   [Cambridge] Used to denote
   frustration, usually at amazing stupidity.   "I stuck the disk in
   upside down."   "Weeble...." Compare {gurfle}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Weeble
  
      /wee'b*l/ An egg-shaped plastic toy person with a weight in
      the bottom so that, if tipped over, they would right
      themselves and stand up again.   They were popular in the UK
      during the 1970s and were famous for the slogan "Weebles
      wobble but they don't fall down", unlike some computers
      (pretty tenuous link with computing).
  
      (1994-11-29)
  
  
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