Jump off into never-never land

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jump off into never-never land
Usage: v.
Derivation: From J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan

See Also: hyperspace


jump off into never-never land: v.

[from J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan] An unexpected jump in a program that produces catastrophic or just plain weird results. Compare hyperspace.

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Source: jump off into never-never land, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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