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phantom jam

Genuine workplace frustration with printer errors

An office or home printer that "jams", but there is no real printer jam. A phantom jam can be extremely frustrating in re-occurrences, resulting in the urge to drop-kick the printer out the window. The movie Office Space depicts a phantom jam, where the printer in question is later destroyed.

Printer jam? There is no printer jam! Piece of **** phantom jam!

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phantom jam in automotive

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