dumbass attack

( /duhm´as @·tak´/, n.)

   [Purdue]   Notional   cause   of  a  novice's  mistake  made  by  the
   experienced,  especially one made while running as {root} under Unix,
   e.g.,  typing  rm  -r  *  or  mkfs  on a mounted file system. Compare
   {adger}.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {adger}]