My family loves to play with words. We do a lot of puns, rhymes, poems, and other fun stuff. This year we are doing Hinky Pinkies in a thanksgiving contest.
“What is a Hinky Pinky?”, you may ask. A Hinky Pinky consists of two rhyming words with two syllables. If a word only has one syllable it is called a Hink Pink. If it has three syllables it is called a Hinkity Pinkity. What makes a Hinky Pinky interesting is that you have to guess what it is from a description.
For example, here is a Hink Pink:
What do you call a man who doesn’t talk much? A Shy Guy.
I’ve been thinking about putting together some Hinky Pinkies specific to software and programming. Here are a few ideas:
- What do you call a method that performs math? A Crunchin’ Function
- What do you call a quick delete program (Hink Pink)? A Fast Blast
- What do you call an even quicker delete program (hinky pinky)? A Faster Blaster
- What are two common queueing techniques? LIFO FIFO
- What do you call a better algorithm that refreshes your screen? A Faster Raster
- What mode are you in when you are not debugging a program? Code Mode
- What do you call an interface to a Soccer Channel? A Sport Port
Well, you get the picture. I’m sure you can come up with better examples. How about leaving one or two of your ideas in a comment. Or, just drop them in an Email to btaylor@sswug.org, and I’ll try and compile them for later.
Have a fun day.
Cheers,
Ben