blivet

bliv·it

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bliv-it]
- /ˈblɪv ɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bliv-it]
- /ˈblɪv ɪt/

Definitions of blivet word

noun blivet something annoying, ridiculous, or useless. 1
noun blivet something for which one cannot find a word; something difficult to name. 1
noun blivet an unpleasant or unsolvable situation or problem. 1
noun Definition of blivet in Technology /bliv'*t/ [allegedly from a World War II military term meaning "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] 1. An intractable problem. 2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't be fixed or replaced if it breaks. 3. A tool that has been hacked over by so many incompetent programmers that it has become an unmaintainable tissue of hacks. 4. An out-of-control but unkillable development effort. 5. An embarrassing bug that pops up during a customer demo. 6. In the subjargon of computer security specialists, a denial-of-service attack performed by hogging limited resources that have no access controls (for example, shared spool space on a multi-user system). This term has other meanings in other technical cultures; among experimental physicists and hardware engineers of various kinds it seems to mean any random object of unknown purpose (similar to hackish use of frob). It has also been used to describe an amusing trick-the-eye drawing resembling a three-pronged fork that appears to depict a three-dimensional object until one realises that the parts fit together in an impossible way. 1
noun blivet Anything overfull. 0
noun blivet An item of unknown purpose, often unnecessary or useless or annoying. 0

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Origin of blivet

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

1940-45; of uncertain origin, perhaps originally Australian and borrowed by American airmen during World War II

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blivet popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

blivet usage trend in Literature

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