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    The Original Hacker's Dictionary culture historical lisp dourish.com
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    zge avatar zge 2 months ago | link

    GAS [as in “gas chamber”] interj. 1. A term of disgust and hatred, implying that gas should be dispensed in generous quantities, thereby exterminating the source of irritation. “Some loser just reloaded the system for no reason! Gas!” 2. A term suggesting that someone or something ought to be flushed out of mercy. “The system’s wedging every few minutes. Gas!” 3. v. FLUSH (q.v.). “You should gas that old crufty software.” 4. GASEOUS adj. Deserving of being gassed. Usage: primarily used by Geoff Goodfellow at SRI, but spreading.

    Oh my, I wouldn’t have expected something like this…

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      Shamar avatar Shamar 3 months ago | link

      Always a good read.

      Does anyone have the original txt file, from a trustworthy source?