1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser
resembling a less amusing version of B1FF that infests many
BBS systems. The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor
social skills travelling under a grandiose handle derived from
fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics. Among sysops, `the weenie
problem' refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden
flamage weenies tend to spew all over a newly-discovered BBS.
Compare spod, computer geek,
warez d00dz. 2. [Among hackers] When used with a qualifier
(for example, as in 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. 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. See also bigot. 3. The semicolon character,
; (ASCII 0111011).
