Microsloth Windows/mi:'kroh-sloth" win"dohz/ (Or "Windoze", /win'dohz/) A derogatory term for {Microsoft Windows} which is so limited by bug-for-bug compatibility with {mess-dos} that it is agonisingly slow on anything less than a fast {486}. Also called just "Windoze", with the implication that you can fall asleep waiting for it to do anything; the latter term is extremely common on {Usenet}. Compare {X}, {sun-stools}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-10-08)