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gas [as in `gas chamber'] 1. interj. A term of disgust and hatred, implying that gas should be dispensed in generous quantities, thereby exterminating the source of irritation.
Some lose...
gaseous adj. Deserving of being gassed. Disseminated by Geoff Goodfellow while at SRI
gawble /gaw'bl/ n. See chawmp.
GC /G-C/ [from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect'] 1.
vt. To clean up and throw away useless things. "I think I'll GC the top of my desk today....
GCOS /jee'kohs/ n. A quick-and-dirty clone of System/360 DOS that emerged from GE around 1970
originally called GECOS (the General Electric Comprehensive Operating System)....
GECOS /jee'kohs/ n. See GCOS.
gedanken /g*-dahn'kn/ adj. Ungrounded; impractical
ot well-thought-out; untried; untested. `Gedanken' is a German word for `thought'....
geef v. [ostensibly from `gefingerpoken'] vt. Syn. mung. See also blinkenlights.
geek code n. (also "Code of the Geeks"). A set of codes commonly used in sig blocks to broadcast the interests, skills, and aspirations of the poster.
Features a G at the left margin foll...
geek out vi. To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context, for example at parties held near computer equipment.
Especially used when you need to do or say something ...

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