English Explanatory Dictionary

hug of death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extreme spike in usage of an Internet service that causes an outage of said service.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hug, of, death.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hug of death.wav

Word forms

hug of death hugs of death

Related words

denial-of-service attack screen of death slashdot
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