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Grilf: // N. Girl-friend. Like {newsfroup} And {filk}, A Typo Incarnated As A New Word.
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:grilf: // n. Girl-friend. Like {newsfroup} and {filk}, a
typo incarnated as a new word. Seems to have originated sometime
in 1992.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
grilf // n. Girlfriend. Like newsfroup and filk, a typo reincarnated as a new word.
Seems to have originated sometime in 1992 on Usenet....
filk: /filk/ [from SF fandom, where a typo for `folk' was adopted as a new word] n.
v. A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics, intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions....
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}....
hing: // [IRC] n. Fortuitous typo for `hint', now in wide intentional use among players of {initgame}.
Compare {newsfroup}, {filk}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
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....
cow orker n. [Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal.
This term was popularized by Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert) but seems to have originated earlier in a 1997 scary devil monastery FAQ....
hing // n. [IRC] Fortuitous typo for `hint', now in wide intentional use among players of initgame.
Compare newsfroup, filk....
ewsfroup // n. [Usenet] 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, pr0n and fi...
canno: /skan'oh/ n. An error in a document caused by a scanner glitch, analogous to a typo or {thinko}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...