Windoze
English
editEtymology
editBlend of Windows + doze, suggesting slow performance. First use appears c. 1986. See cite below.
Proper noun
editWindoze
- (computing, slang, derogatory) Microsoft Windows.
- 1986, PC Communications Corporation, PC Magazine, The Independent Guide to IBM-standard Personal Computing · Volume 15, page 85:
- Every point and counterpoint is peppered with derisive terms such as "Windoze," "File Mangler," and "PeeCees."
- 2006, Anthony McGowan, Hellbent, page 118:
- My big fear was that they'd use some kind of weirdo operating system, but it turned out just to be Windoze. And not Windoze Millennium, NT, or '98, or even '95, but Windoze 3.1