Today's slang word of the day is three-finger salute. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.
noun
- the pressing of the "Alt" key + the "Ctrl" key + the "Del" key to reboot or unfreeze a PC computer.
You may not even be aware of the two different types of crashes, the soft crash (recoverable by the three-finger salute, Ctrl-Alt-Del) or the hard crash (big red switch and count to 5 slowly).
-- "Operating in a New Environment", PC Magazine, Charles Petzold, February 25 1986More words meaning: computer slang
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
Three-finger salute is also the Girl Scout salute, is it not?
ReplyDeleteYou are correct! I'll add that to the definition.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
A three-finger salute may also refer to something sexual--the male inserting three fingers in a particular way, but I never understood this usage.
ReplyDeleteIt's probably a variant of "the shocker" (vulgar):
ReplyDeletehttp://onlineslangdictionary.com/definition+of/shocker
If you come across an example online, let me know. I haven't seen this usage.