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• oriental food:: n. Hackers display an intense tropism towards oriental cuisine, especially Chinese, and especially of the spicier varieties such as Szechuan and Hunan.
  This phenomenon (which has also been observed in subcultures that overlap heavily with hackerdom, most notably science-fiction fandom) has never been satisfactorily explained, but is sufficiently intense that one can assume the target of a hackish dinner expedition to be the best local Chinese place and be right at least three times out of four....
• ir-fried random n. (alt. `stir-fried mumble') Term used for the best dish of many of those hackers who can cook.
  Consists of random fresh veggies and meat wokked with random spices....
• ir-fried random: alt. `stir-fried mumble' n. Term used for the best dish of many of those hackers who can cook.
  Consists of random fresh veggies and meat wokked with random spices....
• great-wall: [from SF fandom] vi.,n. A mass expedition to an oriental restaurant, esp.
  one where food is served family-style and shared....
• great-wall vi.,n. [from SF fandom] A mass expedition to an oriental restaurant, esp.
  one where food is served family-style and shared....
• avs: /ravz/, also `Chinese ravs' n. Jiao-zi (steamed or boiled) or Guo-tie (pan-fried).
  A Chinese appetizer, known variously in the plural as dumplings, pot stickers (the literal translation of guo-tie), and (around Boston) `Peking Ravioli'....
• music:: n. A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare {{science-fiction fandom}}, {{oriental food}}
  ee also {filk}). Hackish folklore has long claimed that musical and programming abilities are closely related, and there has been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this....
• avs /ravz/, also `Chinese ravs' n. [primarily MIT/Boston usage] Jiao-zi (steamed or boiled) or Guo-tie (pan-fried).
  A Chinese appetizer, known variously in the plural as dumplings, pot stickers (the literal translation of guo-tie), and (around Boston) `Peking Ravioli'....
• music n. A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare science-fiction fandom, oriental food filk).
  Hackish folklore has long claimed that musical and programming abilities are closely related, and there has been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this....