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Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary

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Originally Posted by nate12345678 View Post
Mechanical (N.) People who blame programming for things they broke

Programming (N.) The universal scapegoat
Electrical (n.) Programming's scapegoat. Often also programming.

Scapegoat (n.) Team member or group that is blamed for whatever failed this time, regardless of 1) presence anywhere near failure, 2) actual culpability. Sometimes referred to as escapegoat if everybody else is too busy getting out of there.

"I didn't do it!" (phrase) Statement shouted by everybody NOT involved in breaking something this time, and sometimes by whoever did it.
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