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• programming fluid: n. 1. Coffee. 2. Cola. 3. Any caffeinacious stimulant.
  Many hackers consider these essential for those all-night hacking runs....
• murf: /smerf/ [from the soc.motss newsgroup on USENET, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters] n.
  A newsgroup regular with a habitual style that is irreverent, silly, and cute....
• arf: /snarf/ vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's permission.
  See also {BLT}. 2. [in the UNIX community] To fetch a file or set of files across a network....
• ap: 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program.
  In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program....
• ewsfroup: // [USENET] n. Silly synonym for {newsgroup}, originally a typo but now in regular use on USENET's talk.
  bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare {hing}, {grilf}, and {filk}....
• alescritter: /sayls'kri`tr/ n. Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson.
  Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman?...
• losing: adj. Said of anything that is or causes a {lose} or {lossage}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• elegant: [from mathematical usage] adj. Combining simplicity, power, and a certain ineffable grace of design.
  Higher praise than `clever', `winning', or even {cuspy}....
• hacked off: [analogous to `pissed off'] adj. Said of system administrators who have become annoyed
  upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimized by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities....