Meanings
nounresource pig (plural resource pigs)
plural resource pigs
- rareslangcomputingA resource hog.
Office97 is a whorendous resource pig. It contains many useless features that seem to be designed for no other purpose than to induce you to buy a high end machine.
1998 March 22, Byron Bodo, “Re: How to boost speed of the computer”, in microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (Usenet)
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resource pig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resource%20pig
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“resource pig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resource%20pig. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resource pig,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resource%20pig.
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