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guiltware /gilt'weir/ n. 1.
gumby /guhm'bee/ n. [from a class of Monty Python characters, poss.
with some influence from the 1960s claymation character] 1....
gun vt. [ITS, now rare: from the :GUN command] To forcibly terminate a program or job (computer, not career).
"Some idiot left a background process running soaking up half the cycles, so...
gunch /guhnch/ vt. [TMRC] To push, prod, or poke at a device that has almost (but not quite) produced the desired result.
Implies a threat to mung....
gunpowder chicken n. Same as laser chicken.
gurfle /ger'fl/ interj. An expression of shocked disbelief.
He said we have to recode this thing in FORTRAN by next week. Gurfle!" Compare weeble....
guru n. [Unix] An expert. Implies not only wizard skill but also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.
Less often, used (with a qualifier) for other experts on other system...
guru meditation n. Amiga equivalent of `panic' in Unix (sometimes just called a `guru' or `guru event').
When the system crashes, a cryptic message of the form "GURU MEDITATION #XXXXXXXX....
gweep /gweep/ [WPI] 1. v. To hack, usually at night.
h [from SF fandom] A method of `marking' common words, i.
e., calling attention to the fact that they are being used in a nonstandard, ironic, or humorous way....

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