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= Intro =
There are two parts to any language, grammar and a lexicon. The lexicon is a collection of words. Grammar provides the rules of how they're stuck together.
{|! style="text-align:left;width:45%;" | Word! style="text-align:left;width:45%;" | Meaning! style="text-align:left;width:10%;" | Source|-| '''To get a hamsterGramalocially''': | "That sentence was gramalocially incorrect", i.e. the grammar and logic were both incorrect. To receive an error message from Can be heavily applied to computer programming.| PJ|-| '''Automagically'''| Without getting into the bxp platformtechnical details of something, you press a button and it will happen automatically, but due to a lack of technical understanding will appear like magic. Source~| PL|}
= Expressions =
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! style="text-align:left;width:45%;" | Phrase
! style="text-align:left;width:45%;" | Meaning
! style="text-align:left;width:10%;" | Source
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| '''Our differential diagnosis'''
| We haven't got a clue what's actually wrong, so here are some of our best guesses.
| PL
|-
| '''To get a hamster'''
| To receive an error message from the bxp platform.
| PL
|-
| '''I've been hamstered'''
| To explain to bxp support staff that you've received an error message using the bxp platform.
| Anthony Brennan (One4All)
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| '''We are infinitely flexible'''
| Whatever the client wants the client gets.
| AF
|-
| '''There may be tactical implications below'''
| Whatever you write next is going to cause tons of work.
| PL
|-
| '''Why, oh why, is this here'''
| A coders comment after many late nights which leads to the mirth of other programmers finding this comment years later!
| PL
|-
| '''I'm not removing this because I don't know what it does'''
| A safety positional comment designed to ensure complex code doesn't fall over.
| PL
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| '''It's easier to edit than create.'''
| The polite way to say, I'm about to tear your work asunder.
| CT
|-
| '''This solution is like an onion. There is always another layer underneath and each layer makes you want to cry.'''
| Inspiring confidence that the issue to be investigated is going to be complex and require some mental gymnastics.
| DC
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| '''That's great. Well done. What's next?'''
| A reassuring phrase to acknowledge 6 months of effort and remove all pretence of celebration to make way for more work to be done.
| NW
|-
| '''CCLs will always exceed CDAs in a report, 9 out of 10 times'''
| A phrase to imply absolutely consistency (sort of)
| PJ
|}
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