English Explanatory Dictionary

VAXherd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sysadmin who works with VAX computers.

Word forms

VAXherd VAXherds

Etymology

Modelled on cowherd, shepherd, etc., as though the computers were animals, probably from the similarity of VAXen to oxen through oxherd.

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