What (who) is Vulcan nerve pinch - definition
MARTIAL ART MOVE IN STAR TREK
Vulcan neck pinch; Vulcan Neck Pinch; Vulcan death grip; Vulcan pinch; Vulcan neck-pinch; Vulcan grip; Spock pinch
Vulcan nerve pinch
<jargon> (Or "three-finger salute", Vulcan death grip; from
the old "Star Trek" TV series via Commodore Amiga
hackers) The keyboard combination that forces a soft boot
or jump to ROM monitor (on machines that support such a
feature).
On an Amiga this is done with Ctrl/Right Amiga/Left Amiga; on
IBM PCs and many microcomputers it is Ctrl/Alt/Del; on
Suns, L1-A; on some Macintoshes, it is < Cmd >-< Power
switch > ! Silicon Graphics users are obviously the most
dextrous however, as these machines use the five-finger
combination: Left Shift/Left Ctrl/Left Alt/Keypad Divide/F12.
Compare quadruple bucky.
[Jargon File ]
(2000-04-04)
Vulcan death grip
<jargon> A variant of Vulcan nerve pinch derived from a Star
Trek classic epsisode where a non-existant "Vulcan death
grip" was used to fool Romulans that Spock had killed Kirk.
(1996-10-27)
Pinch (unit)
AMOUNT THAT CAN BE TAKEN BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER
Pinch (measurement); Pinch (cooking)
A pinch is a small, indefinite amount of a substance, typically a powder like salt, sugar, spice, or snuff.Oxford English Dictionary s.
Wikipedia
Vulcan nerve pinch
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is a technique used mainly by Vulcans to render unconsciousness by pinching a pressure point at the base of the victim's neck.
