zxnrbl

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/sner'b*l/ Incorrect data introduced by transmission errors; any corrupted or uninterpretable data.

The word originated in a 1978 advertisement for a Mockingboard, which "makes frogs croak, princesses shriek, and martians zxnrbl."

"It's not misspelled on the original page. The Internet must have zxnrbled it on the way to you."

Last updated: 1997-03-16

Nearby terms:

Zuse, Konrad ♦ zw ♦ ZX-80 ♦ ZX-81 ♦ zxnrbl ♦ ZX Spectrum ♦ Zynet Ltd. ♦ ZyXEL ♦ {

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