Wintendo

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Wintendo
/win·ten´doh/
Usage: n.
Derivation: Play on "Nintendo"


Wintendo: /win·ten´doh/ n.

[Play on "Nintendo"] A PC running the Windows operating system kept primarily for the purpose of viewing multimedia and playing games. The implication is that the speaker uses a Linux or *BSD box for everything else.

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


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