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Jo Brand, in response to a lack of slang terms for what you might call jilling off, once came up with the term "gusset typing". As a sniggering teenager I was quite amused by this, and as a sniggering adult geek I am even more amused and delighted to see that someone has apparently made the metaphor real.

Date: 2008-04-24 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com
Thinks: huh whuh?
Looks at own mouse. Sees scrollwheel. Ah...

Note to self: do not read comment notifications at work :-)

Date: 2008-04-24 09:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aardvark179.livejournal.com
Ah, explanation is needed? Okay IBM Thinkpads didn't have a trackball or trackpad, they had a little 'nipple' that you applied a directional force to which looked likeImage

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