Pointy-haired

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The Jargon File

Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

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pointy-haired
Usage: adj.
Derivation: After the character in the Dilbert comic strip

See Also: brain-dead, demented, PHB


pointy-haired: adj.

[after the character in the Dilbert comic strip] Describes the extreme form of the property that separates suits and marketroids from hackers. Compare brain-dead; demented; see PHB. Always applied to people, never to ideas. The plural form is often used as a noun. "The pointy-haireds ordered me to use Windows NT, but I set up a Linux server with Samba instead."

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Source: pointy-haired, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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