English Explanatory Dictionary

Ballmer Peak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A fictional level of drunkenness (originally stated to correspond with a BAC of 0.129–0.138%) said to confer one with superhuman programming ability.

Word forms

Ballmer Peak

Etymology

Coined by American cartoonist, author and engineer Randall Munroe in 2007 in his webcomic xkcd, after Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft from 2000–2014.

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