Gronked

2 definitions found

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

  gronked adj. 1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took
     the system down." 2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or
     (less commonly) sick. "I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now and I
     am thoroughly gronked!" Compare {broken}, which means about the same as
     {gronk} used of hardware, but connotes depression or mental/emotional
     problems in people.


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  gronked
       
          1. Broken.  "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the
          system down."
       
          2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less
          commonly) sick.  "I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now
          and I am thoroughly gronked!"  Compare {broken}, which means
          about the same as {gronk} used of hardware, but connotes
          depression or mental/emotional problems in people.