мастдай

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English must die.

Pronunciation

Interjection

мастда́й (mastdáj)

  1. (computing slang) used to express negative attitude towards something
    • 2003, M. Voroncova, Свадебный наряд вне очереди, →ISBN, page 178:
      Вот мастдай-то однобытный! - воскликнула Ксюша.
      Vot mastdaj-to odnobytnyj! - voskliknula Ksjuša.
      Goddammit! - Ksjusha exclaimed.

Derived terms

Noun

мастда́й (mastdájm inan (genitive мастда́я, nominative plural мастда́и, genitive plural мастда́ев)

  1. (computing slang, derogatory) Windows
    • 2003, S. Y. Kuznecov, Гроб хрустальный, page 21:
      Тех, кто использует мастдай, я бы просто стерилизовал на месте.
      Tex, kto ispolʹzujet mastdaj, ja by prosto sterilizoval na meste.
      I would just sterilise those who use Winblows, right there and then.
    • 2005, Y. V. Revich, Нестандартные приёмы программирования на DELPHI, →ISBN, page 211:
      Ни о каком Plug&Play и речи, разумеется, не было - ради эксперимента мы подсунули "мастдаю" купленный мной первый в жизни привод CDROM Phillips 4x, после чего он ("мастдай", а не привод) минут пятнадцать чирикал винчестером, и, в конце концов, радостно сообщил, что нашел новое оборудование - трехкнопочную мышь.
      Ni o kakom Plug&Play i reči, razumejetsja, ne bylo - radi eksperimenta my podsunuli "mastdaju" kuplennyj mnoj pervyj v žizni privod CDROM Phillips 4x, posle čevo on ("mastdaj", a ne privod) minut pjatnadcatʹ čirikal vinčesterom, i, v konce koncov, radostno soobščil, što našel novoje oborudovanije - trexknopočnuju myšʹ.
      Of course, there wasn't even talk of any Plug&Play - for the sake of the experiment we gave the "mustdie" the CDROM Phillips 4x drive bought by me for the first time in my life, after which he (the "mustdie", not the drive) chirped with its hard drive, and finally happily let know, that it found a new device - a three-buttoned computer mouse.

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