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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>deflicted</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="defined-as.html" title="defined as"/><link rel="next" href="dehose.html" title="dehose"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">deflicted</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="defined-as.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dehose.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="deflicted"/><dt xmlns="" id="deflicted"><b>deflicted</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [portmanteau of &#8220;<span class="quote">defective</span>&#8221; and
&#8220;<span class="quote">afflicted</span>&#8221;; common among PC repair technicians, and probably
originated among hardware techs outside the hacker community proper] Term
used of hardware that is broken due to poor design or shoddy manufacturing
or (especially) both; less frequently used of software and rarely of
people. This term is normally employed in a tone of weary contempt by
technicians who have seen the specific failure in the trouble report before
and are cynically confident they'll see it again. Ultimately this may
derive from Frank Zappa's 1974 album <i class="citetitle">Apostrophe</i>, on
which the Fur Trapper infamously rubs his deflicted eyes...</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="defined-as.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dehose.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">defined as </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dehose</td></tr></table></div></body></html>