tits on a keyboard
<jargon> Small bumps on certain keycaps to help touch-typists find the
home keys (ASDF and JKL;) without looking. They are nearly always on the "F" and
"J" of a QWERTY and the "5" of a numeric keypad. The Macintosh, perverse as
usual, has them on the "D" and "K" keys.
This term is based on the vernacular American expression "as useful as tits on a
boar" (or boar-hog, bull, bullfrog, or many other variants), meaning "not
useful".
[Jargon File]
(1998-02-25)
Nearby terms:
TIPL « tip of the ice-cube « tired iron « tits on
a keyboard » tj » Tk » tk
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