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• 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 closely related, and there has been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this....
• oriental food:: n. Hackers display an intense tropism towards oriental cuisine, especially Chinese, and especially of the spicier varieties such as Szechuan and Hunan.
  This phenomenon (which has also been observed in subcultures that overlap heavily with hackerdom, most notably science-fiction fandom) has never been satisfactorily explained, but is sufficiently intense that one can assume the target of a hackish dinner expedition to be the best local Chinese place and be right at least three times out of four....
• canonical adj. [very common; historically, `according to religious law'] The usual or standard state or manner of something.
  This word has a somewhat more technical meaning in mathematics....
• eep-neep: /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom] n.
  One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific than {hacker}, as it need not imply more skill than is required to boot games on a PC....
• oriental food n. Hackers display an intense tropism towards oriental cuisine, especially Chinese, and especially of the spicier varieties such as Szechuan and Hunan.
  This phenomenon (which has also been observed in subcultures that overlap heavily with hackerdom, most notably science-fiction fandom) has never been satisfactorily explained, but is sufficiently intense that one can assume the target of a hackish dinner expedition to be the best local Chinese place and be right at least three times out of four....
• demigod: n. A hacker with years of experience, a national reputatio
  and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community....
• eophilia: /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and pleased by novelty.
  Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground....
• demogroup n. [demoscene] A group of demo (sense 4) composers.
  Job titles within a group include coders (the ones who write programs), graphicians (the ones who painstakingly pixelate the fine art), musicians (the music composers), sysops, traders/swappers (the ones who do the trading and other PR), and organizers (in larger groups)....
• filk /filk/ n.,v. [from SF fandom, where a typo for `folk' was adopted as a new word] A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics and/or music
  intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions....