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Windoze

Windoze proper noun: microsoft Windows.

Proper noun

Windoze

  1. (slang) Microsoft Windows.
    • Every point and counterpoint is peppered with derisive terms such as "Windoze," "File Mangler," and "PeeCees."1986, PC Communications Corporation, PC Magazine, The Independent Guide to IBM-standard Personal Computing · Volume 15, page 85
    • I've had it with the Windoze Gestapo. They want to make everyone use Windoze. They have propogandize^([sic]) the public through computer publications and large newspapers.1997 February 19, ROWE BOBBY S, “Defend yourself against the Windoze Gestapo”, in alt.destroy.microsoft (Usenet)

Origin of Windoze

Blend of Windows + doze, suggesting slow performance. First use appears c. 1986. See cite below.

Questions about Windoze

What does Windoze mean?
Windoze means microsoft Windows.
What part of speech is Windoze?
Windoze is a proper noun.

Words near Windoze in the dictionary

  1. windowsole
  2. windowward
  3. windowwards
  4. windowwise
  5. windowy
  6. Windoze
  7. windpack
  8. windpants
  9. windpipe
  10. windpipes
  11. windplayer

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