Vulgar words in The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 (Page 2)
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Node:RTFB, Next:[11414]RTFM, Previous:[11415]RTFAQ, Up:[11416]= R = RTFB /R-T-F-B/ imp.
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[Unix] Abbreviation for 'Read The Fucking Binary'.
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Node:RTFM, Next:[11417]RTFS, Previous:[11418]RTFB, Up:[11419]= R = RTFM /R-T-F-M/ imp.
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[Unix] Abbreviation for 'Read The Fucking Manual'.
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"No, I can't figure out how to interface Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM."
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See also [11423]FM, [11424]RTFAQ, [11425]RTFB, [11426]RTFS, [11427]STFW, [11428]RTM, all of which mutated from RTFM, and compare [11429]UTSL.
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Node:RTFS, Next:[11430]RTI, Previous:[11431]RTFM, Up:[11432]= R = RTFS /R-T-F-S/ [Unix] 1. imp.
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Abbreviation for 'Read The Fucking Source'.
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Variant form of [11433]RTFM, used when the problem at hand is not necessarily obvious and not answerable from the manuals -- or the manuals are not yet written and maybe never will be.
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Unlike RTFM, the anger inherent in RTFS is not usually directed at the person asking the question, but rather at the people who failed to provide adequate documentation.
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'Read The Fucking Standard'; this oath can only be used when the problem area (e.g., a language or operating system interface) has actually been codified in a ratified standards document.
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Politer variant of [11446]RTFM.
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After the storm of negative publicity that followed this blunder, Morris's username on ITS was hacked from RTM to [11448]RTFM.
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: * [11550]shareware: * [11551]sharing violation: * [11552]shebang: * [11553]shelfware: * [11554]shell: * [11555]shell out: * [11556]shift left (or right) logical: * [11557]shim: * [11558]shitogram: * [11559]short card: * [11560]shotgun debugging: * [11561]shovelware: * [11562]showstopper: * [11563]shriek: * [11564]Shub-Internet: * [11565]sidecar: * [11566]SIG: * [11567]sig block: * [11568]sig quote: * [11569]sig virus: * [11570]signal-to-noise ratio: * [11571]silicon: * [11572]silly walk: * [11573]silo: * [11574]Silver Book: * [11575]since time T equals minus infinity: * [11576]sitename: * [11577]skrog: * [11578]skulker: * [11579]slab: * [11580]slack: * [11581]slap on the side: * [11582]slash: * [11583]slashdot effect: * [11584]sleep: * [11585]slim: * [11586]slop: * [11587]slopsucker: * [11588]Slowlaris: * [11589]slurp: * [11590]smart: * [11591]smart terminal: * [11592]smash case: * [11593]smash the stack: * [11594]smiley: * [11595]smoke: * [11596]smoke and mirrors: * [11597]smoke test: * [11598]smoking clover: * [11599]smoot: * [11600]SMOP: * [11601]smurf: * [11602]SNAFU principle: * [11603]snail: * [11604]snail-mail: * [11605]snap: * [11606]snarf: * [11607]snarf & barf: * [11608]snarf down: * [11609]snark: * [11610]sneaker: * [11611]sneakernet: * [11612]sniff: * [11613]snivitz: * [11614]'Snooze: * [11615]SO: * [11616]social engineering: * [11617]social science number: * [11618]sock puppet: * [11619]sodium substrate: * [11620]soft boot: * [11621]softcopy: * [11622]software bloat: * [11623]software hoarding: * [11624]software laser: * [11625]software rot: * [11626]softwarily: * [11627]softy: * [11628]some random X: * [11629]sorcerer's apprentice mode: * [11630]SOS: * [11631]source: * [11632]source of all good bits: * [11633]space-cadet keyboard: * [11634]spaceship operator: * [11635]SPACEWAR: * [11636]spaghetti code: * [11637]spaghetti inheritance: * [11638]spam: * [11639]spam bait: * [11640]spamblock: * [11641]spamhaus: * [11642]spamvertize: * [11643]spangle: * [11644]spawn: * [11645]special-case: * [11646]speedometer: * [11647]spell: * [11648]spelling flame: * [11649]spider: * [11650]spider food: * [11651]spiffy: * [11652]spike: * [11653]spin: * [11654]spl: * [11655]splash screen: * [11656]splat: * [11657]splat out: * [11658]spod: * [11659]spoiler: * [11660]spoiler space: * [11661]sponge: * [11662]spoof: * [11663]spool: * [11664]spool file: * [11665]spungle: * [11666]square tape: * [11667]squirrelcide: * [11668]stack: * [11669]stack puke: * [11670]stale pointer bug: * [11671]star out: * [11672]state: * [11673]stealth manager: * [11674]steam-powered: * [11675]STFW: * [11676]stiffy: * [11677]stir-fried random: * [11678]stomp on: * [11679]Stone Age: * [11680]stone knives and bearskins: * [11681]stoppage: * [11682]store: * [11683]strided: * [11684]stroke: * [11685]strudel: * [11686]stubroutine: * [11687]studly: * [11688]studlycaps: * [11689]stunning: * [11690]stupid-sort: * [11691]Stupids: * [11692]Sturgeon's Law: * [11693]sucking mud: * [11694]sufficiently small: * [11695]suit: * [11696]suitable win: * [11697]suitably small: * [11698]Sun: * [11699]sun lounge: * [11700]sun-stools: * [11701]sunspots: * [11702]super source quench: * [11703]superloser: * [11704]superprogrammer: * [11705]superuser: * [11706]support: * [11707]surf: * [11708]Suzie COBOL: * [11709]swab: * [11710]swap: * [11711]swap space: * [11712]swapped in: * [11713]swapped out: * [11714]swizzle: * [11715]sync: * [11716]syntactic salt: * [11717]syntactic sugar: * [11718]sys-frog: * [11719]sysadmin: * [11720]sysape: * [11721]sysop: * [11722]system: * [11723]systems jock: * [11724]system mangler: * [11725]SysVile: Node:S/N ratio, Next:[11726]sacred, Previous:[11727]rusty wire, Up:[11728]= S = S/N ratio // n. (also 's/n ratio', 's:n ratio').
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"The damn compiler scrozzled itself again!"
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Node:shitogram, Next:[12098]short card, Previous:[12099]shim, Up:[12100]= S = shitogram /shit'oh-gram/ n. A really nasty piece of email.
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Node:smurf, Next:[12319]SNAFU principle, Previous:[12320]SMOP, Up:[12321]= S = smurf /smerf/ n. 1.
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Compare [12322]old fart.
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Node:SNAFU principle, Next:[12323]snail, Previous:[12324]smurf, Up:[12325]= S = SNAFU principle /sna'foo prin'si-pl/ n. [from a WWII Army acronym for 'Situation Normal, All Fucked Up'] "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth."
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The effect of the SNAFU principle is a progressive disconnection of decision-makers from reality.
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Node:snail, Next:[12329]snail-mail, Previous:[12330]SNAFU principle, Up:[12331]= S = snail vt. To [12332]snail-mail something.
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Since then other programs similar in style to SOS have been written, notably the early font editor BILOS /bye'lohs/, the Brother-In-Law Of Stopgap (the alternate expansion 'Bastard Issue, Loins of Stopgap' has been proposed).
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Compare [12622]newbie, [12623]tourist, [12624]weenie, [12625]twink, [12626]terminal junkie, [12627]warez d00dz.
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/S-T-F-W/ [Usenet] Commmon abbreviation for "Search The Fucking Web", a suggestion that what you're asking for is a query better handled by a search engine than a human being.
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Usage is common and exactly parallel to both senses of [12705]RTFM.
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See [12800]pointy-haired, [12801]burble, [12802]management, [12803]Stupids, [12804]SNAFU principle, [12805]PHB, and [12806]brain-damaged.
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WTF the universal interrogative particle; WTF knows what it means?
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FYI, FYA, BTW, BCNU, WTF, and CUL.
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TTFN ta-ta for now TTYL talk to you later OIC oh, I see rehi hello again Most of these are not used at universities or in the Unix world, though ROTF and TTFN have gained some currency there and IMHO is common; conversely, most of the people who know these are unfamiliar with FOO?, BCNU, HELLOP, [13104]NIL, and [13105]T. The [13106]MUD community uses a mixture of Usenet/Internet emoticons, a few of the more natural of the old-style talk-mode abbrevs, and some of the 'social' list above; specifically, MUD respondents report use of BBL, BRB, LOL, b4, BTW, WTF, TTFN, and WTH.
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The following uses specific to MUDs are reported: CU l8er see you later (mutant of CU l8tr) FOAD fuck off and die (use of this is generally OTT) OTT over the top (excessive, uncalled for) ppl abbrev for "people" THX thanks (mutant of TNX; clearly this comes in batches of 1138 (the Lucasian K)).
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The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is often used to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use.
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TWENEX was successful and very popular; in fact, there was a period in the early 1980s when it commanded as fervent a culture of partisans as Unix or ITS -- but DEC's decision to scrap all the internal rivals to the VAX architecture and its relatively stodgy VMS OS killed the DEC-20 and put a sad end to TWENEX's brief day in the sun.
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Node:= U =, Next:[13781]= V =, Previous:[13782]= T =, Up:[13783]The Jargon Lexicon = U = * [13784]u-: * [13785]UBD: * [13786]UBE: * [13787]UCE: * [13788]UDP: * [13789]UN*X: * [13790]undefined external reference: * [13791]under the hood: * [13792]undocumented feature: * [13793]uninteresting: * [13794]Unix: * [13795]Unix brain damage: * [13796]Unix conspiracy: * [13797]Unix weenie: * [13798]unixism: * [13799]unswizzle: * [13800]unwind the stack: * [13801]unwind-protect: * [13802]up: * [13803]upload: * [13804]upthread: * [13805]urchin: * [13806]URL: * [13807]Usenet: * [13808]Usenet Death Penalty: * [13809]user: * [13810]user-friendly: * [13811]user-obsequious: * [13812]userland: * [13813]USG Unix: * [13814]UTSL: * [13815]UUCPNET: Node:u-, Next:[13816]UBD, Previous:[13817]twonkie, Up:[13818]= U = u- pref.
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Many people consider the success of Unix the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see [13872]Unix weenie and [13873]Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view).
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Node:Unix conspiracy, Next:[13884]Unix weenie, Previous:[13885]Unix brain damage, Up:[13886]= U = Unix conspiracy n. [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among [13887]ITS and [13888]TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control.
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--ESR] Node:Unix weenie, Next:[13893]unixism, Previous:[13894]Unix conspiracy, Up:[13895]= U = Unix weenie n. [ITS] 1.
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It must have been written by a real Unix weenie."
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Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix weenie".
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See also [13898]weenie.
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Node:unixism, Next:[13899]unswizzle, Previous:[13900]Unix weenie, Up:[13901]= U = unixism n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory Unix systems.
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Node:= W =, Next:[14258]= X =, Previous:[14259]= V =, Up:[14260]The Jargon Lexicon = W = * [14261]W2K bug: * [14262]wabbit: * [14263]WAITS: * [14264]waldo: * [14265]walk: * [14266]walk off the end of: * [14267]walking drives: * [14268]wall: * [14269]wall follower: * [14270]wall time: * [14271]wall wart: * [14272]wallpaper: * [14273]wango: * [14274]wank: * [14275]wannabee: * [14276]war dialer: * [14277]-ware: * [14278]warez: * [14279]warez d00dz: * [14280]warez kiddies: * [14281]warlording: * [14282]warm boot: * [14283]wart: * [14284]washing machine: * [14285]washing software: * [14286]water MIPS: * [14287]wave a dead chicken: * [14288]weasel: * [14289]web pointer: * [14290]web toaster: * [14291]webify: * [14292]webmaster: * [14293]web ring: * [14294]wedged: * [14295]wedgie: * [14296]wedgitude: * [14297]weeble: * [14298]weeds: * [14299]weenie: * [14300]Weenix: * [14301]well-behaved: * [14302]well-connected: * [14303]wetware: * [14304]whack: * [14305]whack-a-mole: * [14306]whacker: * [14307]whales: * [14308]whalesong: * [14309]What's a spline?
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Node:wango, Next:[14431]wank, Previous:[14432]wallpaper, Up:[14433]= W = wango /wang'goh/ n. Random bit-level [14434]grovelling going on in a system during some unspecified operation.
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Node:wank, Next:[14436]wannabee, Previous:[14437]wango, Up:[14438]= W = wank /wangk/ n.,v.,adj.
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by mutation from Commonwealth slang v. 'wank', to masturbate] Used much as [14439]hack is elsewhere, as a noun denoting a clever technique or person or the result of such cleverness.
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May describe (negatively) the act of hacking for hacking's sake ("Quit wanking, let's go get supper!")
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Conversations can also get wanky when there are too many wanks involved.
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When the wankometer overloads, the conversation's subject must be changed, or all non-wanks will leave.
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Node:wannabee, Next:[14443]war dialer, Previous:[14444]wank, Up:[14445]= W = wannabee /won'*-bee/ n. (also, more plausibly, spelled 'wannabe') [from a term recently used to describe Madonna fans who dress, talk, and act like their idol; prob.
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See [14488]cracker, [14489]wannabee, [14490]handle, [14491]elite, [14492]courier, [14493]leech; compare [14494]weenie, [14495]spod.
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Node:weeds, Next:[14586]weenie, Previous:[14587]weeble, Up:[14588]= W = weeds n. 1.
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Node:weenie, Next:[14591]Weenix, Previous:[14592]weeds, Up:[14593]= W = weenie n. 1.
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The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills travelling under a grandiose [14596]handle derived from fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics.
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Among sysops, 'the weenie problem' refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden [14597]flamage weenies tend to spew all over a newly-discovered BBS.
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[Among hackers] When used with a qualifier (for example, as in [14602]Unix weenie, VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be either an insult or a term of praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or not it is applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the same sort of weenie.
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Implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort, and concentration into the area indicated; whether this is good or bad depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that area.
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Node:Weenix, Next:[14604]well-behaved, Previous:[14605]weenie, Up:[14606]= W = Weenix /wee'niks/ n. 1.
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[ITS] A derogatory term for [14607]Unix, derived from [14608]Unix weenie.
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According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, hard file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, and users who believe that these are all advantages".