wedgitude

English

Etymology

wedge +‎ -itude

Pronunciation

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Noun

wedgitude (uncountable)

1. (computing, slang, rare) A state of being stuck or wedged.
   • 1994, E M Richards, “Thanks”, in comp.unix.aix (Usenet):

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

   • 1996, Karl A. Krueger, “Call to Support Multiple Users”, in comp.sys.be (Usenet):

     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 ????”, in mailing.comp.coda-list (Usenet):

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