English Dictionary: weeble | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for weeble | |
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) |