WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

New Jersey
    n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original
         13 colonies [syn: New Jersey, Jersey, Garden State,
         NJ]
    2: one of the British colonies that formed the United States

The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

New Jersey
 adj.

    [primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-dam?aged or of poor design. This
    refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such software as C, C++, and
    Unix (which originated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey). ?This
    compiler bites the bag, but what can you expect from a compiler designed in
    New Jersey?? Compare Berkeley Quality Software. See also Unix conspiracy
    .


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

New Jersey

   [Primarily Stanford/Silicon Valley] Brain-damaged or of poor
   design.  This refers to the allegedly wretched quality of such
   software as C, C++ and Unix (which originated at Bell
   Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey).  "This compiler bites the
   bag, but what can you expect from a compiler designed in New
   Jersey?"  Compare Berkeley Quality Software.  See also Unix
   conspiracy.