Veeblefester

2 definitions found

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

  veeblefester /vee'b*l-fes`tr/ n. [from the "Born Loser" comix via
     Commodore; prob. originally from "Mad" Magazine's `Veeblefetzer'
     parodies beginning in #15, 1954] Any obnoxious person engaged in the
     (alleged) professions of marketing or management. Antonym of {hacker}.
     Compare {suit}, {marketroid}.
  


  

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

  veeblefester
       
           /vee'b*l-fes"tr/ (From "Born Loser" comix via
          {Commodore}; probably originally from "Mad" Magazine's
          "Veeblefeetzer" parodies ca. 1960) Any obnoxious person
          engaged in the (alleged) professions of marketing or
          management.
       
          Antonym of {hacker}.  Compare {suit}, {marketroid}.  See also
          {veeblefetzer}.
       
          [veeblefeetzer or veeblefetzer?]
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-03-31)