Bagbiter

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  bagbiter /bag'bi:t-*r/ n. 1. Something, such as a program or a
     computer, that fails to work, or works in a remarkably clumsy manner.
     "This text editor won't let me make a file with a line longer than 80
     characters! What a bagbiter!" 2. A person who has caused you some
     trouble, inadvertently or otherwise, typically by failing to program the
     computer properly. Synonyms: {loser}, {cretin}, {chomper}. 3. `bite the


     bag' vi. To fail in some manner. "The computer keeps crashing every five
     minutes." "Yes, the disk controller is really biting the bag."
  
     The original loading of these terms was almost undoubtedly obscene,
     possibly referring to a douche bag or the scrotum (we have reports of
     "Bite the douche bag!" being used as a taunt at MIT 1970-1976, and we
     have another report that "Bite the bag!" was in common use at least as
     early as 1965), but in their current usage they have become almost
     completely sanitized.
  
     ITS's {lexiphage} program was the first and to date only known example
     of a program _intended_ to be a bagbiter.