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chuntey

chuntey noun: a supposed aura surrounding the cassette loading mechanism of the ZX Spectrum computer, highly sensitive to disruption, which will cause the loading process to fail.

Noun

chuntey (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, slang) A supposed aura surrounding the cassette loading mechanism of the ZX Spectrum computer, highly sensitive to disruption, which will cause the loading process to fail.
    • The hardware itself is largely indifferent to the happy little chuntey particles, as it focuses it's^([sic]) energy on flinging sub-atomic and extra-atomic particles across it's^([sic]) transistors and capacitors. These particles are miserable, unlike the happy chuntey and will try to harm unlucky...2001, Adam Short, “I could do with some help here - networks and stuff”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet)
    • It interfaces with the latent chuntey receptors built into all PCs since the PC-AT, but rarely used these days. Via clever use of the Windows DDK I've managed to provide a means of detecting the level of chuntey in the room thus simulating a virtual wobble at the precise moment a real ZX81...2005, Mike Wynne, “Feature Requests”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet)

Examples of chuntey in a sentence

  • These particles are miserable, unlike the happy chuntey and will try to harm unlucky chuntey particles as they hurtle past.2001, Adam Short, “I could do with some help here - networks and stuff”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):
  • I've also successfully used Ian Rawlings as a computer, although he's not Turing complete and the chuntey is exceptionally strong within him.2008, SnakeOilSteve, “OT is SIM card a computer ?”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):

Origin of chuntey

Coined on the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup, from an accidental misspelling of chutney.

Questions about chuntey

What does chuntey mean?
Chuntey means a supposed aura surrounding the cassette loading mechanism of the ZX Spectrum computer, highly sensitive to disruption, which will cause the loading process to fail.
How do you use chuntey in a sentence?
These particles are miserable, unlike the happy chuntey and will try to harm unlucky chuntey particles as they hurtle past.
What part of speech is chuntey?
Chuntey is a noun.

Words near chuntey in the dictionary

  1. chunter
  2. chuntered
  3. chuntering
  4. chunterings
  5. chunters
  6. chuntey
  7. Chuny
  8. Chunyshyne
  9. Chuong
  10. Chuongs
  11. chup

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