frobnicate

frobnicate
1. To munge; to process in an unspecified but vaguely complicated way.
2. To screw up in a particularly convoluted or elegant manner.
See also: Frobnicator

I'm not sure how that program works; all I know is it frobnicates whatever you type in so you can't read it anymore.


Dictionary of american slang with examples. .

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