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gumby |
1 definition found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: gumby /guhm'bee/ n. [from a class of Monty Python characters, poss. with some influence from the 1960s claymation character] 1. An act of minor but conspicuous stupidity, often in `gumby maneuver' or `pull a gumby'. 2. [NRL] n. A bureaucrat, or other technical incompetent who impedes the progress of real work 3. adj Relating to things typically associated with people in sense 2. (e.g. "Ran would be writing code, but Richard gave him gumby work that's due on Friday", or "Dammit! Travel screwed up my plane tickets. I have to go out on gumby patrol.")
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