Literally, absolutely. I've seen them hurled through sheet-rock walls by furious traders, and have fond memories of a chap whose monicker was "Elvis" launching

Literally, absolutely. I've seen them hurled through sheet-rock walls by furious traders, and have fond memories of a chap whose monicker was "Elvis" launching an entire monitor tree, bloomberg term and all through a 13th story window. Figuratively, probably not, it's basically considered a standard. It'll only go away through attrition as a result of other trading tools providing the same functionality and better, but as this is already the case and the groundswell isn't happening - anyones guess. We probably have to wait for the folks who cut their teeth in the 90's and before to retire, for the culture to shift.