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go-faster stripes n. [UK] Syn. chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
GoAT // [Usenet] Abbreviation: "Go Away, Troll". See troll.
gobble vt. 1. To consume, usu. used with `up'. "The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer.
2. To obtain, usu. used with `down'. "I guess I'll gobble down a copy of...
Godwin's Law prov. [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
There is a tradition in many groups that, once ...
Godzillagram /god-zil'*-gram/ n. [from Japan's national hero] 1.
A network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine in the universe....
golden adj. [prob. from folklore's `golden egg'] When used to describe a magnetic medium (e.
golf-ball printer n. obs. The IBM 2741, a slow but letter-quality printing device and terminal based on the IBM Selectric typewriter.
The `golf ball' was a little spherical frob bearing...
gonk /gonk/ vi.,n. 1. To prevaricate or to embellish the truth beyond any reasonable recognition.
In German the term is (mythically) `gonken'; in Spanish the verb becomes `gonkar'. "You'...
gonkulator /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ n. [common; from the 1960s "Hogan's Heroes" TV series] A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose.
Usually used to describe one'...
gonzo /gon'zoh/ adj. [from Hunter S. Thompson] 1.
With total commitment, total concentration, and a mad sort of panache....

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