wedgitude

wedgitude

English

Etymology

wedge +‎ -itude

Noun

wedgitude (uncountable)

1. (computing, slang, rare) A state of being stuck or wedged.
   • 1994, "E M Richards", Thanks (on newsgroup comp.unix.aix)

     I managed to get into the system, remove the wedgitude and booted^[sic] properly.

   • 1996, "Karl A. Krueger", Call to Support Multiple Users (on newsgroup comp.sys.be)

     There's very little way to keep random obnoxious users, who *think* they know a lot about Macs, from reconfiguring the systems into a state of supreme wedgitude.

   • 2001, "Stephen J. Turnbull", No such file or directory ???? (on newsgroup mailing.comp.coda-list)

     Sorry I can't give more detail, I don't remember exactly what I did, either the path to wedgitude or the escape route.