Talk:cupcake

RFV
Rfv-sense: (transitive, computing) To fail to properly perform a computer-related procedure; or, the failure of a computer hardware or software component. There are three cites but they don't meet the "spanning at least a year" rule. Any others? -- Liliana • 21:55, 23 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Also note dubious transitivity: "routers were cupcaked" does not support cupcake meaning "fail". Equinox ◑ 22:02, 23 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I tried to find something on Usenet with all sorts of combinations such as "was cupcaked" and "were * cupcaked," but nothing. --BB12 (talk) 22:58, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Mmm... cupcakes... Ahem, sorry. I notice that the first quote uses the verb intransitively. —Angr 15:58, 26 June 2012 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed for now. - -sche (discuss) 22:17, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

RFV 2
RFV of the verb, which was RFVed previously and failed, but was re-added recently. It's been a while since the last RFV, so more citations may have become available. Some are in Citations:cupcake, but: the Big Bang and Information Week citations support an intransitive sense meaning "fail", while the Network citation seems more like a transitive verb meaning "crash". All three are from the same year. - -sche (discuss) 00:56, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know if you noticed but this edit removed a 2012 citation that is not on the citations page. This (just barely) gets a span of a year. Spinning Spark  09:00, 10 August 2013 (UTC) to 10:04, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I [//en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Citations%3Acupcake&diff=21580217&oldid=18549506 removed] that citation because I can find no evidence that it is real rather than made-up, and it seems like it was faked (or perhaps genuinely written or transcribed) by someone who didn't speak English: "a obsolete", "can lengthy"... - -sche (discuss) 23:47, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The publication CFO Weekly Briefing does seem to exist but is not published online. I would be inclined to assume good faith and that the quote is poorly transcribed.  However, there could be some question of whether these newsletters are durably archived (they are sent out by e-mail), or even archived at all. Spinning Spark  09:59, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * This cite does not exactly support the given definition but would seem to be related
 * His aides—if they're any good, and I'/code>, so na. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:40, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * m sure they are—have acquired my identity hours ago and cupcaked me through half a dozen mil/pol databases in the time he and I have been away on the moors.
 * Not sure what it does mean though. Spinning Spark  09:58, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Since "mil/pol databases" can't be found anywhere in a Google search, I suppose it's made-up "hacker" jargon. He must have got "cupcake" from somewhere though. Equinox ◑ 12:58, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
 * mil/pol is obviously shorthand for military/police- not a standard abbreviation, but the kind of thing one might do to save typing. Cupcake does seem out of place, though. Chuck Entz (talk) 13:49, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed on mil/pol. The quote is from a work of fiction so one would not necessarily expect real databases to correspond to those in the plot.  The characters are not expected to be real people after all. Spinning Spark  18:17, 13 August 2013 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed again, by my ken. - -sche (discuss) 18:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Missing sense: fart prank
It's when you fart into your hand and open it up in someone's face. I could only find this citation in Google Books.


 * 2015, Michael Riddell, Same Dog, Different Shite
 * An oldie but goodie and de rigueur when one had bad gas was to catch your fart in your hand and chase my kids 'round the room with the said fart clenched in your fist, cornering the first available child and letting it go in their face, cupcake style. Rub it in their hair for bonus points.

Equinox ◑ 14:33, 7 June 2019 (UTC)