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Where did the spelling Windoze come from? I see everyone calling it that, and even I call it that depending on who I am talking to, but where did it ...
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Windoze?
Where did the spelling Windoze come from? I see everyone calling it that, and even I call it that depending on who I am talking to, but where did it originate from?
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Microsloth Windows | Define Microsloth Windows at Dictionary.comComputing Dictionary
Microsloth Windows definition
abuse, operating system
/mi:'kroh-sloth" win"dohz/ (Or "Windoze", /win'dohz/) A derogatory term for Microsoft Windows which is so limited by bug-for-bug compatibility with mess-dos that it is agonisingly slow on anything less than a fast 486. Also called just "Windoze", with the implication that you can fall asleep waiting for it to do anything; the latter term is extremely common on Usenet.
Compare X, sun-stools.
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the falling asleep part was the one I was looking for and the Microsloth was even funnier!!! Thanks!
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