percussive maintenance
Fix by hitting
Percussive maintenance is the technical-sounding joke term for hitting a malfunctioning device to make it work again.
The phrase dignifies a universal impulse—smacking a television, jostling a vending machine, or thumping a stuck dashboard gauge: The copier jammed again, so I applied some percussive maintenance.
Sometimes it actually works.
- Happy DaysSeventies nostalgia sitcom
- jukeboxCoin-operated music player
- thumpHeavy dull blow
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- Murphy's LawAnything awry will be
Fonzie · resourcefulness · brute force · elbow grease · last resort · ingenuity · slap · improvisation · tapping · trial-and-error · beat · tap · hit · knock · strike · whack · jolt · bump
percussive maintenancesurgical repair
Medical procedure restoring function
fine-tuning · soft touch · microadjustment · precision engineering · calibration
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