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• 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....
• propeller head n. Used by hackers, this is syn. with computer geek.
  Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies....
• propeller head: n. Used by hackers, this is syn. with {computer geek}.
  Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies....
• defenestration: [from the traditional Czechoslovakian method of assassinating prime ministers, via SF fandom] n.
  1. Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster....
• cience-fiction fandom:: n. Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom
  most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as the Society for Creative Anachronism....
• fan: n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction, especially one who goes to {con}s and tends to hang out with other fans.
  Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish slang...
• cience-fiction fandom n. Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom
  most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as the Society for Creative Anachronism....
• defenestration n. [mythically from a traditional Czech assasination method, via SF fandom] 1.
  Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster....
• benchmark: [techspeak] n. An inaccurate measure of computer performance.
  In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lie...