squirrelcide: n. [common on Usenet's comp.risks newsgroup.] (alt.: squirrelicide) What all too frequently happens
when a squirrel decides to exercise its species's unfortunate penchant for
shorting out power lines with their little furry bodies. Result: one dead
squirrel, one down computer installation. In this situation, the computer
system is said to have been squirrelcided.