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BACKUP - What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods
BAR CODE - Them's the fight'n rules down at the local tavern
BOOT UP – what you do when the dog barks too much
BROADBAND – big radio station dial
BUG - The reason you give for calling in sick
BUS SPEED – when the driver puts tha foot down
BYTE - What your pit bull dun to cusin Jethro
CACHE - Needed when you run out of food stamps
CHIP - Pasture muffins that you try not to step in
TERMINAL - Time to call the undertaker
CRASH - When you go to Junior's party uninvited
DIGITAL - The art of counting on your fingers
DISKETTE - Female Disco dancer
DVD - movie that doesn’t need re-winding
FAX - What you lie about to the IRS
HACKER - Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smoking
HARDCOPY - Picture looked at when selecting tattoos
HARDDRIVE - a country dirt road after a week of rain
INTERNET - Where cafeteria workers put their hair
KEYBOARD - Where you hang the keys to the John Deere
MAC - Big Bubba's favorite fast food
MEGAHERTZ - How your head feels after 17 beers
MEGABYTES - what you get after a skeeter attack
MODEM - What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall
MOUSE PAD - Where Mickey and Minnie live
NETWORK - Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line
PROCESSOR – for making the burger mince
ONLINE - Where to stay when taking the sobriety test
RAM – what you do to the front door when you loose the house keys
ROM - Where the pope lives
SCREEN - Helps keep the skeeters off the porch
SERIAL PORT - A red wine you drink with breakfast
SUPERCONDUCTOR - Amtrak's Employee of the year
SCSI - What you call your week-old underwear
WINDOWS – what you need to see outside the house
 
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the hard drive one was very innovative and funny
 
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scuzzy!
 
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most of those are not abbreviations. just sayin'...
 
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