malfn.
/malf/, U.S. /mælf/ slang (chiefly Aeronautics).
A technical malfunction.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specific manner of action or operation > faulty
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malf1986
1986 G. Benford & D. Brin Heart of Comet iv. 253 Every month it got slightly worse. The persistent cold, the malfs, the difficulty of making new parts or repairs.
1988 New Scientist 18 Feb. 64/3 It is also impossible to resist the attraction of knowing what, for instance, is meant by ‘malfs, glitches and nits’ or what ‘MECO’ tells mission control when it is transmitted from the climbing space shuttle.
1994 B. Sterling Heavy Weather 47 Pretty soon they're gonna tell me there's some kind of terrible software malf in this aircraft?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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