Vulgar words in The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 (Page 1)
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For example, one might see the following: In <jrh578689@thudpucker.com> J. R. Hacker wrote: >I recently had occasion to field-test the Snafu >Systems 2300E adaptive gonkulator.
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(No, Unix weenies, this does not mean 'pronounce like previous pronunciation'!)
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"Think we ought to ditch that damn NT server for a Linux box?"
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also from the middle name of an infamous [362]tenured graduate student] To make a bonehead move with consequences that could have been foreseen with even slight mental effort.
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Compare [363]dumbass attack.
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See also [502]newbie, [503]troll, [504]holy wars, [505]weenie, [506]Get a life!.
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Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; [spark-spot]; soldier, control."
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Rare: weenie; [hybrid], pit-thwong.
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Node:= B =, Next:[699]= C =, Previous:[700]= A =, Up:[701]The Jargon Lexicon = B = * [702]B5: * [703]back door: * [704]backbone cabal: * [705]backbone site: * [706]backgammon: * [707]background: * [708]backreference: * [709]backronym: * [710]backspace and overstrike: * [711]backward combatability: * [712]BAD: * [713]Bad and Wrong: * [714]Bad Thing: * [715]bag on the side: * [716]bagbiter: * [717]bagbiting: * [718]baggy pantsing: * [719]balloonian variable: * [720]bamf: * [721]banana label: * [722]banana problem: * [723]banner ad: * [724]banner site: * [725]barn: * [726]batbelt: * [727]Befunge: * [728]BI: * [729]binary four: * [730]bandwidth: * [731]bang: * [732]bang on: * [733]bang path: * [734]banner: * [735]bar: * [736]bare metal: * [737]barf: * [738]barfmail: * [739]barfulation: * [740]barfulous: * [741]barney: * [742]baroque: * [743]BASIC: * [744]batch: * [745]bathtub curve: * [746]baud: * [747]baud barf: * [748]baz: * [749]bazaar: * [750]bboard: * [751]BBS: * [752]BCPL: * [753]beam: * [754]beanie key: * [755]beep: * [756]beige toaster: * [757]bells and whistles: * [758]bells whistles and gongs: * [759]benchmark: * [760]Berkeley Quality Software: * [761]berklix: * [762]Berzerkeley: * [763]beta: * [764]BFI: * [765]bible: * [766]BiCapitalization: * [767]B1FF: * [768]biff: * [769]Big Gray Wall: * [770]big iron: * [771]Big Red Switch: * [772]Big Room: * [773]big win: * [774]big-endian: * [775]bignum: * [776]bigot: * [777]bit: * [778]bit bang: * [779]bit bashing: * [780]bit bucket: * [781]bit decay: * [782]bit rot: * [783]bit twiddling: * [784]bit-paired keyboard: * [785]bitblt: * [786]BITNET: * [787]bits: * [788]bitty box: * [789]bixen: * [790]bixie: * [791]black art: * [792]black hole: * [793]black magic: * [794]Black Screen of Death: * [795]Black Thursday: * [796]blammo: * [797]blargh: * [798]blast: * [799]blat: * [800]bletch: * [801]bletcherous: * [802]blink: * [803]blinkenlights: * [804]blit: * [805]blitter: * [806]blivet: * [807]bloatware: * [808]BLOB: * [809]block: * [810]block transfer computations: * [811]Bloggs Family: * [812]blow an EPROM: * [813]blow away: * [814]blow out: * [815]blow past: * [816]blow up: * [817]BLT: * [818]Blue Book: * [819]blue box: * [820]Blue Glue: * [821]blue goo: * [822]Blue Screen of Death: * [823]blue wire: * [824]blurgle: * [825]BNF: * [826]boa: * [827]board: * [828]boat anchor: * [829]bob: * [830]bodysurf code: * [831]BOF: * [832]BOFH: * [833]bogo-sort: * [834]bogometer: * [835]BogoMIPS: * [836]bogon: * [837]bogon filter: * [838]bogon flux: * [839]bogosity: * [840]bogotify: * [841]bogue out: * [842]bogus: * [843]Bohr bug: * [844]boink: * [845]bomb: * [846]bondage-and-discipline language: * [847]bonk/oif: * [848]book titles: * [849]boot: * [850]Borg: * [851]borken: * [852]bot: * [853]bot spot: * [854]bottom feeder: * [855]bottom-up implementation: * [856]bounce: * [857]bounce message: * [858]boustrophedon: * [859]box: * [860]boxed comments: * [861]boxen: * [862]boxology: * [863]bozotic: * [864]BQS: * [865]brain dump: * [866]brain fart: * [867]brain-damaged: * [868]brain-dead: * [869]braino: * [870]branch to Fishkill: * [871]bread crumbs: * [872]break: * [873]break-even point: * [874]breath-of-life packet: * [875]breedle: * [876]Breidbart Index: * [877]bring X to its knees: * [878]brittle: * [879]broadcast storm: * [880]brochureware: * [881]broken: * [882]broken arrow: * [883]BrokenWindows: * [884]broket: * [885]Brooks's Law: * [886]brown-paper-bag bug: * [887]browser: * [888]BRS: * [889]brute force: * [890]brute force and ignorance: * [891]BSD: * [892]BSOD: * [893]BUAF: * [894]BUAG: * [895]bubble sort: * [896]bucky bits: * [897]buffer chuck: * [898]buffer overflow: * [899]bug: * [900]bug-compatible: * [901]bug-for-bug compatible: * [902]bug-of-the-month club: * [903]buglix: * [904]bulletproof: * [905]bullschildt: * [906]bum: * [907]bump: * [908]burble: * [909]buried treasure: * [910]burn-in period: * [911]burst page: * [912]busy-wait: * [913]buzz: * [914]BWQ: * [915]by hand: * [916]byte: * [917]byte sex: * [918]bytesexual: * [919]Bzzzt!
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"In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and benchmarks."
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Compare [1349]weenie, [1350]Amiga Persecution Complex.
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Node:blitter, Next:[1526]blivet, Previous:[1527]blit, Up:[1528]= B = blitter /blit'r/ n. [common] A special-purpose chip or hardware system built to perform [1529]blit operations, esp.
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Node:blivet, Next:[1532]bloatware, Previous:[1533]blitter, Up:[1534]= B = blivet /bliv'*t/ n. [allegedly from a World War II military term meaning "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] 1.
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In the subjargon of computer security specialists, a denial-of-service attack performed by hogging limited resources that have no access controls (for example, shared spool space on a multi-user system).
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Node:bloatware, Next:[1536]BLOB, Previous:[1537]blivet, Up:[1538]= B = bloatware n. [common] Software that provides minimal functionality while requiring a disproportionate amount of diskspace and memory.
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Node:BOFH, Next:[1666]bogo-sort, Previous:[1667]BOF, Up:[1668]= B = BOFH // n. [common] Acronym, Bastard Operator From Hell.
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The set usually considered canonical is by Simon Travaglia and may be found at the [1670]Bastard Home Page.
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Compare the [1684]Troll-O-Meter and the 'wankometer' described in the [1685]wank entry; see also [1686]bogus.
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[from the name of a TV clown even more losing than Ronald McDonald] Resembling or having the quality of a bozo; that is, clownish, ludicrously wrong, unintentionally humorous.
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Note that the noun 'bozo' occurs in slang, but the mainstream adjectival form would be 'bozo-like' or (in New England) 'bozoish'.
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Node:= C =, Next:[2194]= D =, Previous:[2195]= B =, Up:[2196]The Jargon Lexicon = C = * [2197]C: * [2198]C Programmer's Disease: * [2199]C&C: * [2200]C++: * [2201]calculator: * [2202]Camel Book: * [2203]can: * [2204]can't happen: * [2205]cancelbot: * [2206]Cancelmoose[tm]: * [2207]candygrammar: * [2208]canonical: * [2209]card walloper: * [2210]careware: * [2211]cargo cult programming: * [2212]cascade: * [2213]case and paste: * [2214]casters-up mode: * [2215]casting the runes: * [2216]cat: * [2217]catatonic: * [2218]cathedral: * [2219]cd tilde: * [2220]CDA: * [2221]cdr: * [2222]chad: * [2223]chad box: * [2224]chain: * [2225]channel: * [2226]channel hopping: * [2227]channel op: * [2228]chanop: * [2229]char: * [2230]charityware: * [2231]chase pointers: * [2232]chawmp: * [2233]check: * [2234]cheerfully: * [2235]chemist: * [2236]Chernobyl chicken: * [2237]Chernobyl packet: * [2238]chicken head: * [2239]chiclet keyboard: * [2240]Chinese Army technique: * [2241]choad: * [2242]choke: * [2243]chomp: * [2244]chomper: * [2245]CHOP: * [2246]Christmas tree: * [2247]Christmas tree packet: * [2248]chrome: * [2249]chug: * [2250]Church of the SubGenius: * [2251]Cinderella Book: * [2252]CI$: * [2253]Classic C: * [2254]clean: * [2255]CLM: * [2256]clobber: * [2257]clock: * [2258]clocks: * [2259]clone: * [2260]clone-and-hack coding: * [2261]clover key: * [2262]clue-by-four: * [2263]clustergeeking: * [2264]co-lo: * [2265]code: * [2266]coaster: * [2267]COBOL: * [2268]COBOL fingers: * [2269]cobweb site: * [2270]code grinder: * [2271]code monkey: * [2272]Code of the Geeks: * [2273]code police: * [2274]codes: * [2275]codewalker: * [2276]coefficient of X: * [2277]cokebottle: * [2278]cold boot: * [2279]COME FROM: * [2280]comm mode: * [2281]command key: * [2282]comment out: * [2283]Commonwealth Hackish: * [2284]compact: * [2285]compiler jock: * [2286]compo: * [2287]compress: * [2288]Compu$erve: * [2289]computer confetti: * [2290]computer geek: * [2291]computron: * [2292]con: * [2293]condition out: * [2294]condom: * [2295]confuser: * [2296]connector conspiracy: * [2297]cons: * [2298]considered harmful: * [2299]console: * [2300]console jockey: * [2301]content-free: * [2302]control-C: * [2303]control-O: * [2304]control-Q: * [2305]control-S: * [2306]Conway's Law: * [2307]cookbook: * [2308]cooked mode: * [2309]cookie: * [2310]cookie bear: * [2311]cookie file: * [2312]cookie jar: * [2313]cookie monster: * [2314]copious free time: * [2315]copper: * [2316]copy protection: * [2317]copybroke: * [2318]copycenter: * [2319]copyleft: * [2320]copyparty: * [2321]copywronged: * [2322]core: * [2323]core cancer: * [2324]core dump: * [2325]core leak: * [2326]Core Wars: * [2327]corge: * [2328]cosmic rays: * [2329]cough and die: * [2330]courier: * [2331]cow orker: * [2332]cowboy: * [2333]CP/M: * [2334]CPU Wars: * [2335]crack: * [2336]crack root: * [2337]cracker: * [2338]cracking: * [2339]crank: * [2340]crapplet: * [2341]CrApTeX: * [2342]crash: * [2343]crash and burn: * [2344]crawling horror: * [2345]cray: * [2346]cray instability: * [2347]crayola: * [2348]crayola books: * [2349]crayon: * [2350]creationism: * [2351]creep: * [2352]creeping elegance: * [2353]creeping featurism: * [2354]creeping featuritis: * [2355]cretin: * [2356]cretinous: * [2357]crippleware: * [2358]critical mass: * [2359]crlf: * [2360]crock: * [2361]cross-post: * [2362]crossload: * [2363]crudware: * [2364]cruft: * [2365]cruft together: * [2366]cruftsmanship: * [2367]crufty: * [2368]crumb: * [2369]crunch: * [2370]cryppie: * [2371]CTSS: * [2372]cube: * [2373]cubing: * [2374]cup holder: * [2375]cursor dipped in X: * [2376]cuspy: * [2377]cut a tape: * [2378]cybercrud: * [2379]cyberpunk: * [2380]cyberspace: * [2381]cycle: * [2382]cycle crunch: * [2383]cycle drought: * [2384]cycle of reincarnation: * [2385]cycle server: * [2386]cypherpunk: * [2387]C|N>K: Node:C, Next:[2388]C Programmer's Disease, Previous:[2389]Bzzzt!
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Node:Chinese Army technique, Next:[2610]choad, Previous:[2611]chiclet keyboard, Up:[2612]= C = Chinese Army technique n. Syn.
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Node:choad, Next:[2614]choke, Previous:[2615]Chinese Army technique, Up:[2616]= C = choad /chohd/ n. Synonym for 'penis' used in alt.tasteless and popularized by the denizens thereof.
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Speakers of the Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati languages have confirmed that 'choad' is in fact an Indian vernacular word equivalent to 'fuck'; it is therefore likely to have entered English slang via the British Raj.
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Node:choke, Next:[2617]chomp, Previous:[2618]choad, Up:[2619]= C = choke v. 1.
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May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive [2772]weenies.
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It's not important how much you're fudging; the term simply acknowledges that some fudging is needed.
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See also [2909]propeller head, [2910]clustergeeking, [2911]geek out, [2912]wannabee, [2913]terminal junkie, [2914]spod, [2915]weenie.
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Compare [2994]SNAFU principle.
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: * [3546]dongle: * [3547]dongle-disk: * [3548]donuts: * [3549]doorstop: * [3550]DoS attack: * [3551]dot file: * [3552]double bucky: * [3553]doubled sig: * [3554]down: * [3555]download: * [3556]DP: * [3557]DPB: * [3558]DPer: * [3559]Dr. Fred Mbogo: * [3560]dragon: * [3561]Dragon Book: * [3562]drain: * [3563]dread high-bit disease: * [3564]Dread Questionmark Disease: * [3565]DRECNET: * [3566]driver: * [3567]droid: * [3568]drone: * [3569]drool-proof paper: * [3570]drop on the floor: * [3571]drop-ins: * [3572]drop-outs: * [3573]drugged: * [3574]drum: * [3575]drunk mouse syndrome: * [3576]dub dub dub: * [3577]Duff's device: * [3578]dumb terminal: * [3579]dumbass attack: * [3580]dumbed down: * [3581]dump: * [3582]dumpster diving: * [3583]dup killer: * [3584]dup loop: * [3585]dusty deck: * [3586]DWIM: * [3587]dynner: Node:D. C. Power Lab, Next:[3588]daemon, Previous:[3589]C|N>K, Up:[3590]= D = D. C. Power Lab n. The former site of [3591]SAIL.
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Datamation now has a WWW page at [3634]http://www.datamation.com worth visiting for its selection of computer humor, including "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal" and the 'Bastard Operator From Hell' stories by Simon Travaglia (see [3635]BOFH).
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[PLATO] The act of exploiting a terminal which someone else has absentmindedly left logged on, to use that person's account, especially to post articles intended to make an ass of the victim you're impersonating.
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'dinged': What happens when someone in authority gives you a minor bitching about something, esp.
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Compare [4126]RTFM.
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[For maximal obscurity, the outermost pair of braces above could actually be removed -- GLS] Node:dumb terminal, Next:[4294]dumbass attack, Previous:[4295]Duff's device, Up:[4296]= D = dumb terminal n. A terminal that is one step above a [4297]glass tty, having a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by a [4298]smart terminal.
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Node:dumbass attack, Next:[4299]dumbed down, Previous:[4300]dumb terminal, Up:[4301]= D = dumbass attack /duhm'as *-tak'/ n. [Purdue] Notional cause of a novice's mistake made by the experienced, especially one made while running as [4302]root under Unix, e.g., typing rm -r * or mkfs on a mounted file system.
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Node:dumbed down, Next:[4304]dump, Previous:[4305]dumbass attack, Up:[4306]= D = dumbed down adj.
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Some victims of DWIM thus claimed that the acronym stood for 'Damn Warren's Infernal Machine!'.
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One well-known early Easter egg found in a couple of OSes caused them to respond to the command make love with not war?.
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Node:= F =, Next:[4729]= G =, Previous:[4730]= E =, Up:[4731]The Jargon Lexicon = F = * [4732]face time: * [4733]factor: * [4734]fairings: * [4735]fall over: * [4736]fall through: * [4737]fan: * [4738]fandango on core: * [4739]FAQ: * [4740]FAQ list: * [4741]FAQL: * [4742]faradize: * [4743]farkled: * [4744]farming: * [4745]fascist: * [4746]fat electrons: * [4747]fat-finger: * [4748]faulty: * [4749]fd leak: * [4750]fear and loathing: * [4751]feature: * [4752]feature creature: * [4753]feature creep: * [4754]feature key: * [4755]feature shock: * [4756]featurectomy: * [4757]feep: * [4758]feeper: * [4759]feeping creature: * [4760]feeping creaturism: * [4761]feetch feetch: * [4762]fence: * [4763]fencepost error: * [4764]fiber-seeking backhoe: * [4765]FidoNet: * [4766]field circus: * [4767]field servoid: * [4768]Fight-o-net: * [4769]File Attach: * [4770]File Request: * [4771]file signature: * [4772]filk: * [4773]film at 11: * [4774]filter: * [4775]Finagle's Law: * [4776]fine: * [4777]finger: * [4778]finger trouble: * [4779]finger-pointing syndrome: * [4780]finn: * [4781]firebottle: * [4782]firefighting: * [4783]firehose syndrome: * [4784]firewall code: * [4785]firewall machine: * [4786]fireworks mode: * [4787]firmware: * [4788]firmy: * [4789]fish: * [4790]FISH queue: * [4791]FITNR: * [4792]fix: * [4793]FIXME: * [4794]flag: * [4795]flag day: * [4796]flaky: * [4797]flamage: * [4798]flame: * [4799]flame bait: * [4800]flame on: * [4801]flame war: * [4802]flamer: * [4803]flap: * [4804]flarp: * [4805]flash crowd: * [4806]flat: * [4807]flat-ASCII: * [4808]flat-file: * [4809]flatten: * [4810]flavor: * [4811]flavorful: * [4812]flippy: * [4813]flood: * [4814]flowchart: * [4815]flower key: * [4816]flush: * [4817]flypage: * [4818]Flyspeck 3: * [4819]flytrap: * [4820]FM: * [4821]fnord: * [4822]FOAF: * [4823]FOD: * [4824]fold case: * [4825]followup: * [4826]fontology: * [4827]foo: * [4828]foobar: * [4829]fool: * [4830]fool file: * [4831]Foonly: * [4832]footprint: * [4833]for free: * [4834]for the rest of us: * [4835]for values of: * [4836]fora: * [4837]foreground: * [4838]fork: * [4839]fork bomb: * [4840]forked: * [4841]Fortrash: * [4842]fortune cookie: * [4843]forum: * [4844]fossil: * [4845]four-color glossies: * [4846]frag: * [4847]fragile: * [4848]fred: * [4849]Fred Foobar: * [4850]frednet: * [4851]free software: * [4852]freeware: * [4853]freeze: * [4854]fried: * [4855]frink: * [4856]friode: * [4857]fritterware: * [4858]frob: * [4859]frobnicate: * [4860]frobnitz: * [4861]frog: * [4862]frogging: * [4863]front end: * [4864]frotz: * [4865]frotzed: * [4866]frowney: * [4867]FRS: * [4868]fry: * [4869]fscking: * [4870]FSF: * [4871]FTP: * [4872]-fu: * [4873]FUBAR: * [4874]fuck me harder: * [4875]FUD: * [4876]FUD wars: * [4877]fudge: * [4878]fudge factor: * [4879]fuel up: * [4880]Full Monty: * [4881]fum: * [4882]functino: * [4883]funky: * [4884]funny money: * [4885]furrfu: * [4886]fuzzball: Node:face time, Next:[4887]factor, Previous:[4888]eyeball search, Up:[4889]= F = face time n. [common] Time spent interacting with somebody face-to-face (as opposed to via electronic links).
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See also [5136]gang bang, [5137]Mongolian Hordes technique; however, the term 'firefighting' connotes that the effort is going into chasing bugs rather than adding features.
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from the phrase 'flaming asshole'] 1. vi.
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[common] Not 'Frequency Modulation' but rather an abbreviation for 'Fucking Manual', the back-formation from [5318]RTFM.
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Used to refer to the manual itself in the [5319]RTFM.
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Abbreviation for "Fucking Magic", used in the sense of [5320]black magic.
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When 'foo' is used in connection with 'bar' it has generally traced to the WWII-era Army slang acronym [5366]FUBAR ('Fucked Up Beyond All Repair'), later modified to [5367]foobar.
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Early versions of the Jargon File interpreted this change as a post-war bowdlerization, but it it now seems more likely that FUBAR was itself a derivative of 'foo' perhaps influenced by German 'furchtbar' (terrible) - 'foobar' may actually have been the original form.
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Several slang dictionaries aver that FOO probably came from Forward Observation Officer, but this (like the contemporaneous "FUBAR") was probably a [5371]backronym .
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Hackers do not generally use this to mean [5381]FUBAR in either the slang or jargon sense.
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[Usenet; common] Fucking, in the expletive sense (it refers to the Unix filesystem-repair command fsck(1), of which it can be said that if you have to use it at all you are having a bad day).
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Node:-fu, Next:[5623]FUBAR, Previous:[5624]FTP, Up:[5625]= F = -fu [common; generalized from 'kung-fu'] Combining form denoting expert practice of a skill.
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Node:FUBAR, Next:[5626]fuck me harder, Previous:[5627]-fu, Up:[5628]= F = FUBAR n. The Failed UniBus Address Register in a VAX.
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Node:fuck me harder, Next:[5632]FUD, Previous:[5633]FUBAR, Up:[5634]= F = fuck me harder excl.
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Fuck me with a piledriver and 16 feet of curare-tipped wrought-iron fence and no lubricants!"
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--ESR & GLS] Node:FUD, Next:[5635]FUD wars, Previous:[5636]fuck me harder, Up:[5637]= F = FUD /fuhd/ n. Defined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM to found his own company: "FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill in the minds of potential customers who might be considering [Amdahl] products."
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Node:= G =, Next:[5687]= H =, Previous:[5688]= F =, Up:[5689]The Jargon Lexicon = G = * [5690]G: * [5691]g-file: * [5692]gabriel: * [5693]gag: * [5694]gang bang: * [5695]garbage collect: * [5696]garply: * [5697]gas: * [5698]gaseous: * [5699]Gates's Law: * [5700]gawble: * [5701]GC: * [5702]GCOS: * [5703]GECOS: * [5704]gedanken: * [5705]geef: * [5706]geek code: * [5707]geek out: * [5708]gen: * [5709]gender mender: * [5710]General Public Virus: * [5711]generate: * [5712]Genius From Mars Technique: * [5713]gensym: * [5714]Get a life!
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Node:gag, Next:[5809]gang bang, Previous:[5810]gabriel, Up:[5811]= G = gag vi.
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Node:gang bang, Next:[5814]garbage collect, Previous:[5815]gag, Up:[5816]= G = gang bang n. The use of large numbers of loosely coupled programmers in an attempt to wedge a great many features into a product in a short time.
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Node:garbage collect, Next:[5821]garply, Previous:[5822]gang bang, Up:[5823]= G = garbage collect vi.
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Node:geek code, Next:[5872]geek out, Previous:[5873]geef, Up:[5874]= G = geek code n. (also "Code of the Geeks").
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Node:geek out, Next:[5879]gen, Previous:[5880]geek code, Up:[5881]= G = geek out vi.
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Especially used when you need to do or say something highly technical and don't have time to explain: "Pardon me while I geek out for a moment."
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Node:gen, Next:[5884]gender mender, Previous:[5885]geek out, Up:[5886]= G = gen /jen/ n.,v.
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This use is deprecated in Australia, where v. 'root' is a synonym for "fuck".
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[analogous to 'pissed off'] Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimized by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities.
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Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of [6637]warez d00dz, [6638]crackers, [6639]weenies, [6640]spods, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations rather than invented legendry.
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[acronym] Knowledge In, Bullshit Out.
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Compare [7583]GIGO; see also [7584]SNAFU principle.
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Reports from [7661]old farts are consistent that 'kluge' was the original spelling, reported around computers as far back as the mid-1950s and, at that time, used exclusively of hardware kluges.
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Some older terminals would leave a blank on the screen corresponding to mode-change magic cookies; this was also called a [8402]glitch (or occasionally a 'turd'; compare [8403]mouse droppings).
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from the Sixties counterculture expression 'Mongolian clusterfuck' for a public orgy] Development by [8845]gang bang.
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Node:NetBOLLIX, Next:[9319]netburp, Previous:[9320]net.police, Up:[9321]= N = NetBOLLIX n. [from bollix: to bungle, or British 'bollocks'] [9322]IBM's NetBIOS, an extremely [9323]brain-damaged network protocol that, like [9324]Blue Glue, is used at commercial shops that don't know any better.
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Node:= O =, Next:[9607]= P =, Previous:[9608]= N =, Up:[9609]The Jargon Lexicon = O = * [9610]Ob-: * [9611]Obfuscated C Contest: * [9612]obi-wan error: * [9613]Objectionable-C: * [9614]obscure: * [9615]octal forty: * [9616]off the trolley: * [9617]off-by-one error: * [9618]offline: * [9619]ogg: * [9620]-oid: * [9621]old fart: * [9622]Old Testament: * [9623]on the gripping hand: * [9624]one-banana problem: * [9625]one-line fix: * [9626]one-liner wars: * [9627]ooblick: * [9628]op: * [9629]open: * [9630]open source: * [9631]open switch: * [9632]operating system: * [9633]optical diff: * [9634]optical grep: * [9635]optimism: * [9636]Oracle the: * [9637]Orange Book: * [9638]oriental food: * [9639]orphan: * [9640]orphaned i-node: * [9641]orthogonal: * [9642]OS: * [9643]OS/2: * [9644]OSS: * [9645]OSU: * [9646]OTOH: * [9647]out-of-band: * [9648]overclock: * [9649]overflow bit: * [9650]overflow pdl: * [9651]overrun: * [9652]overrun screw: Node:Ob-, Next:[9653]Obfuscated C Contest, Previous:[9654]nyetwork, Up:[9655]= O = Ob- /ob/ pref.
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Node:-oid, Next:[9701]old fart, Previous:[9702]ogg, Up:[9703]= O = -oid suff.
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Node:old fart, Next:[9708]Old Testament, Previous:[9709]-oid, Up:[9710]= O = old fart n. Tribal elder.
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Node:Old Testament, Next:[9712]on the gripping hand, Previous:[9713]old fart, Up:[9714]= O = Old Testament n. [C programmers] The first edition of [9715]K&R, the sacred text describing [9716]Classic C. Node:on the gripping hand, Next:[9717]one-banana problem, Previous:[9718]Old Testament, Up:[9719]= O = on the gripping hand In the progression that starts "On the one hand..." and continues "On the other hand..." mainstream English may add "on the third hand..." even though most people don't have three hands.
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: * [10907]ravs: * [10908]raw mode: * [10909]RBL: * [10910]rc file: * [10911]RE: * [10912]read-only user: * [10913]README file: * [10914]real: * [10915]real estate: * [10916]real hack: * [10917]real operating system: * [10918]Real Programmer: * [10919]Real Soon Now: * [10920]real time: * [10921]real user: * [10922]Real World: * [10923]reality check: * [10924]reality-distortion field: * [10925]reaper: * [10926]recompile the world: * [10927]rectangle slinger: * [10928]recursion: * [10929]recursive acronym: * [10930]Red Book: * [10931]red wire: * [10932]regexp: * [10933]register dancing: * [10934]rehi: * [10935]reincarnation cycle of: * [10936]reinvent the wheel: * [10937]relay rape: * [10938]religion of CHI: * [10939]religious issues: * [10940]replicator: * [10941]reply: * [10942]restriction: * [10943]retcon: * [10944]RETI: * [10945]retrocomputing: * [10946]return from the dead: * [10947]RFC: * [10948]RFE: * [10949]rib site: * [10950]rice box: * [10951]Right Thing: * [10952]rip: * [10953]ripoff: * [10954]RL: * [10955]roach: * [10956]robocanceller: * [10957]robot: * [10958]robust: * [10959]rococo: * [10960]rogue: * [10961]room-temperature IQ: * [10962]root: * [10963]root mode: * [10964]rot13: * [10965]rotary debugger: * [10966]round tape: * [10967]RSN: * [10968]RTBM: * [10969]RTFAQ: * [10970]RTFB: * [10971]RTFM: * [10972]RTFS: * [10973]RTI: * [10974]RTM: * [10975]RTS: * [10976]rude: * [10977]runes: * [10978]runic: * [10979]rusty iron: * [10980]rusty memory: * [10981]rusty wire: Node:rabbit job, Next:[10982]rain dance, Previous:[10983]QWERTY, Up:[10984]= R = rabbit job n. [Cambridge] A batch job that does little, if any, real work, but creates one or more copies of itself, breeding like rabbits.
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Allegedly inspired by 'Rasta Blasta', British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a 'boom box' or 'ghetto blaster'.
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Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting.
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[Unix] Commonwealth Hackish variant of [11407]RTFM; expands to 'Read The Bloody Manual'.
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RTBM is often the entire text of the first reply to a question from a [11408]newbie; the second would escalate to "RTFM".
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[Usenet: primarily written, by analogy with [11412]RTFM] Abbrev.