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- noun A
fictional machine used tohumorously point out the perils of excessivejargon in technical writing.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In 1955 the turboencabulator was supposedly described by a “J.H. Quick” in “The Institution of Electrical Engineers, Students Quarterly Journal” 25 (London), p184 in 1955.
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And the engineers added “Shure Stat” in “Technical Features” (which was peculiar only to the Instrument Dept.) and included the first known graphic representation of a ‘manufactured’ turboencabulator using parts made at the instrument Dept.
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And the engineers added “Shure Stat” in “Technical Features” (which was peculiar only to the Instrument Dept.) and included the first known graphic representation of a ‘manufactured’ turboencabulator using parts made at the instrument Dept.
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I only recently learned about the turboencabulator by way of this Rockwell Retro Encabulator promotional piece:
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He was amused by the jargon and wrote the classic description of a non-existent turboencabulator.
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I only recently learned about the turboencabulator by way of this Rockwell Retro Encabulator promotional piece:
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In 1955 the turboencabulator was supposedly described by a “J.H. Quick” in “The Institution of Electrical Engineers, Students Quarterly Journal” 25 (London), p184 in 1955.
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Perhaps to make the hoax more believable, the turboencabulator data sheet had the same format as the other pages in the GE Handbook.
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He was amused by the jargon and wrote the classic description of a non-existent turboencabulator.
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Perhaps to make the hoax more believable, the turboencabulator data sheet had the same format as the other pages in the GE Handbook.
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