zxnrbl

jargon /sner'b*l/ Incorrect data introduced by transmission

errors; any corrupted or uninterpretable data.

The word originated in a 1978 advertisement for a

Mockingboard, which "makes frogs croak, princesses shriek, and

martians zxnrbl."

"It's not misspelled on the original page. The Internet must

have zxnrbled it on the way to you."

(1997-03-16)