Tech Jargon Acronyms

Discussions revolve around humorous, punny, derogatory, or insider acronyms, backronyms, code names, and nicknames used in tech, programming communities, and companies.

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bonemachine • Jan 29, 2014 • View on HN

Howabout "geekspeak?" Much catchier.

LAC-Tech • Feb 14, 2022 • View on HN

We were discussing derisive names for stereotypes in tech.

stephengillie • Jun 5, 2018 • View on HN

A "hackronym", if you will.

tinytuna • Jun 8, 2022 • View on HN

Funny how they used to call them “Hacker”

vesinisa • Sep 7, 2017 • View on HN

Sound more like an in-joke. Cf. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) or YACC (Yet-Another Compiler Compiler).

mreid • May 29, 2025 • View on HN

I'm guessing it is a derogatory pun, alluding to vibe coders.

tudelo • Feb 25, 2020 • View on HN

also, noogler and n00b are some fun ones

pasbesoin • Jul 3, 2012 • View on HN

I couldn't help thinking of the backronym: "Really Bad Shit".

mtogo • May 14, 2011 • View on HN

Thanks for sneaking a grok in there. HN just wouldn't be the same without hipster buzzwords!

drewm1980 • Nov 22, 2021 • View on HN

Naming is hard...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TwatWas that intentional? Someone must have said your acronym(?) out loud at least once during development, right?