Wanted: A Name For High-Tech Grief (Don Knuth)

&#62; I myself have often cried out for help to colleagues who have generously made house calls, in order to unwedge my highly customized Linux system.<p>Wow. Talk about bragging rights.

Cyber-despair is a sure winner. "Cyber" sounds trendy and "despair" accurately captures the feeling, unlike some of the more mild descriptors.

First world pain is a term for things like going to the ATM and having it eat your card inexplicably. That seems close.

I nominate "trompulauma". Selected because it makes little sense and takes more syllables than "High-Tech Grief".

More interestingly, he's asking for help with some of his TAOCP problems...

I nominate "bit chafe"