Have you ever noticed what a funny word flake is? I'm serious. If you spend enough time thinking about it, it's really funny. Of course, if you spend enough time thinking about it, you're pretty much a loser, but we've already established that you're reading content on this site, so here goes.
-the Pedro Picasso

flake n. a flat layer

flaky adj. (var sp. `flakey') Subject to frequent {lossage}. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that is flaky is working, sort of -- enough that you are tempted to try to use it -- but fails frequently enough that the odds in favor of finishing what you start are low. Commonwealth hackish prefers {dodgy} or {wonky}.

In my thinking, anything that has "wonky" as a synonym is funny, but that's not all.

Variations: flakiness, flakosity, flake-job, flakiousness, flakehood, flake-tankerous, flake-nasty, flaker, flakery, anti-flakism, flakatin, flaketaneous, flakeroni (the San-Francisco flake(TM)), flaken, beflake, "Horrible Flaking Plague", Flaky Hardware Superstition Super Flake Man, and for you anti-Cult of the Flaky Hardware people (Mr. Katzinski, I'm looking in your direction):ekalf.

Flakiness - the exact measure of how flaky something is.

Flaker - one who flakes

flake-tankerous - adj. describing a person or thing with the "Horrible Flaking Plague"

Flake-Nasty - an unflattering description of a person or thing that seems to suggest flake-tankerousness

Horrible Flaking Plague - a disease of the skin and hardware. On skin, it causes flakiness. On hardware it causes flakiness. e.g. "I need to run a few errands today. I'm stopping by the dermatologist and Radio Shack(TM), because both I and my eccentric hardware have Horrible Flaking Plague."

Flakatin - the only cure for flake-tankerousness, 1. in humans, a salve composed mainly of glue (also available in oral form), 2. in hardware, a Flaky Hardware Superstition

Flaky Hardware Superstition - anything you can do to make your hardware work again, whether it's based on solid scientific evidence or not.

Flakosity - the exact measure of something's ability to cause flakiness in hardware

Flakery - the act of distributing flakes, flakiness, or flake-related materials

Flakehood - membership in the Cult of the Flaky Hardware

Flaken - someone or something that has been beflaked. (Not to be confused with the hit arcade game "Flakken" in which combatants hurl deadly flakes at eachother.)

Beflake - 1. to shower someone or something in flakes, 2. to induce Horrible Flaking Plague, 3. to shower someone or something in flakes, thereby inducing Horrible Flaking Plague

Flake-Job - 1. an idiot, 2. the act of beflaking, 3. a job for Super Flake Man, 4. someone who disagrees with Adrian P. Dunston, thinks the Pedro Picasso has no skills, or thinks he can take Badass Pierce

Super Flake Man - a super hero (duh) with Dandruff of Power(TM) or one of his action figures

Flaketaneous - something that travels at the speed of flake (which is itself about 78% as fast as Unheardof Reindeer Speeds(TM))

Flakiousness - a funny word

Anti-Flakism - a horrible horrible prejudice. I mean c'mon, people, aren't we better than this?

Deadly Flake - 1. a certain kind of flakiness in hardware that could result in the death of the user (loose live wires etc), 2. a flake that has been sharpened to a cutting edge in order to be used as a weapon.

Flakeroni - (the San Francisco Flake(TM)) a porrige-like food made of water, "special sauce," and "natural flavors." Has been known to cause Horrible Flaking Plague in some consumers.

Ekalf - flake spelled backwards (duh). This is a favorite term among anti-flakists. My question is that if anti-Christians try to be evil by saying prayers backward, what kind of horrible catastrophies can be caused by saying Cult of the Flaky Hardware terms backwards? The implications are mind-boggling. So, incidently, is the game Boggle(TM). What's with that game?

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