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wank /wangk/ n.,v.,adj. [Columbia University: prob.
by mutation from Commonwealth slang v....
wannabee /won'*-bee/ n. (also, more plausibly, spelled `wannabe') [from a term recently used to describe Madonna fans who dress, talk, and act like their idol
prob. originally from bike...
war dialer n.
ware suff. [from `software'] Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software.
warez /weirz/ n. Widely used in cracker subcultures to denote cracked version of commercial software, that is versions from which copy-protection has been stripped.
Hackers recognize thi...
warez d00dz /weirz doodz/ n. A substantial subculture of crackers refer to themselves as `warez d00dz'
here is evidently some connection with B1FF here. As `Ozone Pilot', one former wa...
warez kiddies n. Even more derogatory way of referring to warez d00dz
efers to the fact that most warez d00dz are around the age of puberty. Compare script kiddies....
warlording v. [from the Usenet group alt.fan.warlord] The act of excoriating a bloated, ugly, or derivative sig block.
Common grounds for warlor signature rendered in a BUAF, over-used or cl...
warm boot n. See boot.
wart n. A small, crocky feature that sticks out of an otherwise clean design.
Something conspicuous for localized ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule....

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