[Tfug] OT: Hacker Slang

[Terence Rudkin]

On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:41, James Hood wrote:

> List:
> 
> 1) abend 
used   IBM used ABEND meaning ABnormal END.   
> 2) bletch
used   puke 
> 3) blinkenlights
seen   From a sign often seen in computer rooms of yore in block Gothic 
       " ... watchen das blinkenlights" , a spoof on German.
> 4) DAU
seen   lame user
> 5) DRECNET
seen    DECNETS incompatible implementation of Ethernet. 
> 6) gedanken
seen   poorly thought out
> 7) glitch
used   any hicup
> 8) gonk
no
> 9) kluge
used    Clever, either/both an elegant solution or an ugly hack to some
problem.
> 10) paper money
no


How about 
STRUDEL   the at sign  @ 

--