Cuspy

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cuspy
/kuhs´pee/
Usage: adj.
Etymology: The Digital Equipment Corporation
Derivation: WPI: from the DEC abbreviation CUSP, for `Commonly Used System Program', i.e., a utility program used by many people. Now rare.
Alternate Derivation: NYU
Antonym(s): rude


cuspy: /kuhs´pee/ adj.

[WPI: from the DEC abbreviation CUSP, for `Commonly Used System Program', i.e., a utility program used by many people. Now rare.]

  1. (of a program) Well-written.
  2. Functionally excellent. A program that performs well and interfaces well to users is cuspy. Oppose rude.
  3. [NYU] Said of an attractive woman, especially one regarded as available. Implies a certain curvaceousness.

Sources

Source: cuspy, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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