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System D

System D proper noun: a manner of responding to challenges with quick thinking and improvisation.

Proper noun

System D

  1. A manner of responding to challenges with quick thinking and improvisation.
    • It's when the orders are pouring in and the supplies are running low and the tempers are growing thin that one sees System D practiced at its highest level. Hot water explodes? No sweat.2006, Anthony Bourdain, “System D”, in The Nasty Bits, →ISBN, page 7

Origin of System D

Calque of French système D.

Questions about System D

What does System D mean?
System D means a manner of responding to challenges with quick thinking and improvisation.
What part of speech is System D?
System D is a proper noun.

Words near System D in the dictionary

  1. system buses
  2. system busses
  3. system call
  4. system card
  5. system cards
  6. System D
  7. System F
  8. system file
  9. system files
  10. system interchange
  11. system of equations

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