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mung /muhng/ vt. [in 1960 at MIT, `Mash Until No Good'
sometime after that the derivation from the recursive acronym `Mung Until No Good' became standard...
munge /muhnj/ vt. 1. [derogatory] To imperfectly transform information.
2. A comprehensive rewrite of a routine, data structure or the whole program....
Murphy's Law prov. The correct, original Murphy's Law read
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it....
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 close...
mutter vt. To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals.
Often used in `mutter an incantation'. See also wizard....
N /N/ quant. 1. A large and indeterminate number of objec
There were N bugs in that crock!" Also used in its original sense of a variable name...
adger /nad'jr/ v. [UK, from rude slang noun `nadgers' for testicle
compare American &...
agware /nag'weir/ n.
ailed to the wall adj. [like a trophy] Said of a bug finally eliminated after protracted, and even heroic, effort.
ailing jelly vi. See like nailing jelly to a tree.

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