Salescritter

2 definitions found

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

  salescritter /sayls'kri`tr/ n. Pejorative hackerism for a computer
     salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke:
  
    Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a
       computer salesman?
    A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying.  [Some versions add:


       ...and probably knows how to drive.]
    
     This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are
     self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the
     inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms
     `salesthing' and `salesdroid' are also common. Compare {marketroid},
     {suit}, {droid}.
  
  

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

  salescritter
       
          /sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer
          salesperson.  Hackers tell the following joke:
       
          Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a
          computer salesman?
       
          A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying.  [Some versions add:
          ...and probably knows how to drive.]
       
          This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters
          are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains
          and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming).
          The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common.
       
          Compare {marketroid}, {suit}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-12-08)