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Xref /X'ref/ V.,n. Hackish Standard Abbreviation For `cross-reference'.
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xref /X'ref/ v.,n.
Hackish standard abbreviation for
`cross-reference'.
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xref: /X'ref/ vt., n. Hackish standard abbreviation for `cross-reference'.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
SMILEY (x) reference to Vanderbilt football
abbrev /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ n. Common abbreviation for `abbreviation'.
IDP /I-D-P/ v.,n. [Usenet] Abbreviation for Internet Death Penalty.
Common (probably now more so and frequently verbed. Compare UDP....
elf-reference n. See self-reference.
line starve: [MIT] 1. vi. To feed paper through a printer the wrong way by one line (most printers can't do this).
On a display terminal, to move the cursor up to the previous line of the screen....
abbrev: /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ n. Common abbreviation for `abbreviation'.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language.
X is the sacred symbol of ten dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc....