PONC (rhymes with BONK) is a business acronym that stands for "Price Of Non-Conformance", which in layman's terms means putting a price-tag to a programmer's screw-up. The term originated from a Phillip Crosby quality class; a fad of the 1980's that impressed us immensely in that someone could actually get rich doing saying things like "quality is free". PONC, which began life as a negative, has blossomed into a word that we hope to propagate throughout the known world. So far one of our own named his dog "Poncer". This is a start, now do your part! Wouldn't you like to be a poncer too?
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System Slang
DLCR, n. - stands for "Disturbed Loner's Chat Room", begun in 1996 by one Dute Dyer.
HEIMERISM, n. - behavior typlifying a scammer (from Kressheimer)
(usage: 'you know you just committed a heimerism!')
HEIMER v., - to engage in behavior typlifying a scammer,
i.e. high fives, scamming somebody for small things
(usage: 'I got heimered today big time')
n., - name for somebody engaging in small scams
(usage: 'You heimer!!')
PONCER, n. - a person engaging in ponc, i.e. non-conformance or
scams.
(usage: 'hey poncer, why'd you send that message from my
tube?)
* Slang Terms We've Used in the Past
A-DEE, A-DEE (SLANG FOR "A DEAL" - SAID BY BOTH PARTIES AFTER
A BASEBALL CARD TRADE IS AGREED TO)
EX: "HOW ABOUT '69 MORGAN FOR THE '68 MAYS?"
"A-DEE? A-DEE!"
DATE USED: MID 70'S
LEIDER (GERMAN WORD FOR UNFORTUNATELY)
EX: "THAT GIRL'S GOT FAT LEGS LEIDER"
DATE USED: EARLY 80'S
BARD - SAID AFTER TWO PEOPLE SAY SAME THING AT SAME TIME
REFERENCE TO SHAKESPEARE.
DATE USED: 1989-
SCUDDER/SCAMMER - PERSON WHO CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR YOU IN SOME WAY
DATE USED: EARLY 90'S
EGGS - short for 'EXACTLY'
DATE USED: 1989-
KREIDERKREIG - (GERMAN LITERALLY MEANING 'CHALK WAR') - SAID WHEN
WE THREW CHALK AT EACH OTHER IN GERMAN CLASS
DATE USED: 1980,1981
VEHRKER - GERMAN WORD SUPPOSEDLY MEANING TRAFFIC; CAME TO MEAN THE F-WORD
EX: "VERKERST DU!"
DATE USED: 1980,1981
