MALFUNCTION, MALFUNCTIONING
ADJECTIVES
► BODGY inferior, malfunctioning, out of order → 1980s UK sl.
► BOOTLEG inferior, of poor quality, malfunctioning → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
► DO-LALLY ► DOOLALLY malfunctioning, out of order → L19 sl., orig. military usage
NOUNS
► LEMON a dud; any thing or person that malfunctions habitually → 20C US colloq.
VERBS
► ACT THE HOG ► RUN THE HOG to malfunction → 1940s sl.
► ACT THE MONKEY ► PLAY THE MONKEY to malfunction → 1940s sl.
► BARF to malfunction → 1994 computing sl. (Bk.)
► GO APE to malfunction; to perform unpredictably → 1955 sl., orig. US.
► GOOF of a machine, etc.: to malfunction → 1970s sl.
► TAKE OUT to malfunction; to give out → 1968 Amer. dial.
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