squirrelcide
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squirrelcide: n.

  [common on Usenet's `comp.risks` newsgroup.] (alt.: squirrelicide) What all too frequently happens when a squirrel decides to exercise its species's unfortunate penchant for shorting out power lines with their little furry bodies. Result: one dead squirrel, one down computer installation. In this situation, the computer system is said to have been squirrelcided.

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