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Fonzie touch

Fonzie touch noun: hitting an electrical appliance to make it work. Any similar rough treatment that proves successful.

Noun

Fonzie touch

  1. (informal) Hitting an electrical appliance to make it work. Any similar rough treatment that proves successful.
    • Often when something doesn't work for me, I just restart the computer and try again. Often this jars something loose, akin to the ole Fonzie touch.2003, adobe.premiere.windows http://groups.google.com/g/5387fef4/t/.../d/9e5aa65ce7fdcf57?hl=en&ie...8
    • We wish we had the Fonzie touch — give it a little kick and voila, it's working. Unfortunately, printers don't like to be kicked.2005, Jesse M. Torres, Peter Sideris, Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders, page 53

Origin of Fonzie touch

From Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli in the 1974–1984 TV series Happy Days.

Questions about Fonzie touch

What does Fonzie touch mean?
Fonzie touch means hitting an electrical appliance to make it work. Any similar rough treatment that proves successful.
What part of speech is Fonzie touch?
Fonzie touch is a noun.

Words near Fonzie touch in the dictionary

  1. fonts of all wisdom
  2. Fonua
  3. Fonuas
  4. Fonville
  5. Fonzi
  6. Fonzie touch
  7. Fonzio
  8. Fonzo
  9. foo
  10. foo dog
  11. foo dogs

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