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1. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
veeblefetzer
veeblefeetzer

    /vee'b*l-fetz'*/ (Or "veeblefeetzer"?) A purposely
   nonsensical sounding word applied to any sort of obscure or
   complicated object, e.g. a piece of computer code, model
   railroad equipment, auto parts, etc.

   The more immediate origin of the word is "Mad" Magazine.  In
   the late 1950s and early 1960s it used the word along the same
   lines, especially in its send-ups of big business.  "North
   American Veeblefetzer" was the subject of satires of an annual
   reports, an in-house newsletter, and more.  A Veeblefetzer, in
   their case, was a robot-like device that did something or
   other.

   The more distant source was probably a 19th century yiddish
   word, possibly with limited usage.  In German, "Fetzer" is any
   contraption, while "Veeble" is a likely corruption of "Webel"
   -- meaning weaving.  Textile mills of this period were crammed
   with very complicated, wildly active and very loud pieces of
   machinery.

   See also veeblefester.

   [veeblefeetzer or veeblefetzer?]

   (1996-03-31)


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