Redneck Computer Terms

Backup: What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods.

Bar Code: Them's the fight'n rules down at the local tavern.

Bit: A wager as in, "I bit you can't spit that watermelon seed across the porch longways."

Bug: The reason you give for calling in sick.

Byte: 1First word in a kiss-off phrase. 2What your cur dawg dun to cusin Jethro. 3Whut them dang flys do. 4What mosquitos will do if you don't have a screen.

Cache: Needed when you run out of food stamps.

Chip: 1Pasture muffins that you try not to step in. 2Munchies fer the TV.

Crash: When you go to Junior's party uninvited.

Cursor: What some guys do when they are mad at their wife and/or girlfriend.

Digital: The art of counting on your fingers.

Digital Control: What yore fingers do on the TV remote.

Diskette: Female disco dancer.

Dot Matrix: Farmer Matrix's daughter/wife.

Download: Gettin the farwood off the truk.

Enter: 1Northerner talk fer "C'mon in y'all" 2C'mon in!

FAX: What you lie about to the IRS.

Floppy: When you run out of Polygrip.

Floppy Disk/Disc: 1Whatcha git from tryin to carry or pile up too much farwood.

Hacker: Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smoking.

Hardcopy: Picture looked at when selecting tattoos.

Hard Drive: 1Trying to climb a steep, muddy hill with 3 flat tires and pulling a trailer load of fertilizer. 2Getting home in a snowstorm.

Infrared: Where the leftovers go when Fred is around.

Internet: What cafeteria workers put their hair in.

Keyboard: Where you hang the keys to the Truck and your John Deere.

LAN: To borrow as in, "Hey Delbert! LAN me yore truck."

Lap Top: 1Whar the kitty sleeps. 2Where kids feel comfy.

Log Off: Don't add no more wood.

Log On: Makin a wood stove hotter.

Mac: Big Bubba's favorite fast food.

Mainframe: Holds up the barn roof.

Megahertz: 1How your head feels after 17 beers. 2What happens when you drop a log on your toe while downloading. 3When yer not kerful gettin the farwood.

Micro Chip: Whut's in the bottom of the munchie bag.

MODEM: 1What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall (gets rid of your dandelions.) 2Also, what you do to the hayfields.

Monitor: Keepin' an eye on the wood stove.

Mouse: 1Fuzzy, soft thing you stuff in your beer bottle in order to get a free case. 2Whut eats the grain in the barn.

Mouse Pad: 1Where Mickey and Minnie live. 2That hippie talk fer the rat hole.

Network: 1Activity meant to provide bait for your trout line. 2Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line.

Online: Where to stay when taking the sobriety test.

Packet: What you do to a suitcase or Wal-Mart bag before a trip.

Port: 1Fancy Flatlander wine. 2Fancy wine tried once by farmer Matrix.

Prompt: Whut the mail ain't in the winter time.

RAM: 1That thar thing whut splits the farwood. 2The hydraulic thingy that makes the woodsplitter work.

Random Access Memory: Wen ya cain't 'member whut ya paid fer the rifle when yore wife asks.

Reboot: What you do when the first pair gets covered with barnyard stuff.

ROM: 1Delicious when you mix it with coca cola. 2Where the Pope lives.

Screen: 1Helps keep the skeeters off the porch. 2Whut to shut wen it's blak fly season.

Serial Port: A red wine you drink with breakfast.

Software: 1Them dang plastic forks and knifs.

Superconductor: Amtrak's Employee of the Year.

SCSI: What you call your week-old underwear.

Terminal: Time to call the undertaker.

Window: Place in the truck to hang your guns.

Windows: Whut to shut wen it's cold outside.