The 125 occurrences of weenie

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(No, UNIX weenies, this does *not* mean 'pronounce like previous pronunciation'!)

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Rare: weenie; [hybrid], pit-thwong.

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Compare {weenie}.

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May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive {weenie}s. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!"

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See also {propeller head}, {clustergeeking}, {geek out}, {wannabee}, {terminal junkie}, {spod}, {weenie}.

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Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of {cracker}s, {weenie}s, {spod}s, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations rather than invented legendry.

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Compare {newbie}, {tourist}, {weenie}, {twink}, {terminal junkie}.

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Many people consider this the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see {UNIX weenie} and {UNIX conspiracy} for an opposing point of view).

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:UNIX weenie: [ITS] n. 1.

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It must have been written by a real UNIX weenie."

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Often appearing in the context "stupid UNIX weenie".

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See also {weenie}.

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:weenie: n. 1.

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The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills travelling under a grandiose {handle} derived from fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics.

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Among sysops, 'the weenie problem' refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden {flamage} weenies tend to spew all over a newly-discovered BBS.

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[Among hackers] When used with a qualifier (for example, as in {UNIX weenie}, VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be either an insult or a term of praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or not it is applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the same sort of weenie.

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Implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort, and concentration into the area indicated; whether this is positive or negative depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that area.

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:Weenix: /wee'niks/ [ITS] n. A derogatory term for {{UNIX}}, derived from {UNIX weenie}.

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According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, hard file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, and users who believe that these are all advantages".

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You don't need to be an obsessive "computer weenie," but you mustn't be buffaloed just because some machine looks fancy.

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Among them: Net.weenies.

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And because a moderator decides who can participate, a mailing list can offer a degree of freedom to speak one's mind (or not worry about net.weenies) that is not necessarily possible on Usenet.

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Rare: weenie; [hybrid], pit-thwong.

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Compare {weenie}.

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May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive {weenie}s. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!"

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See also {propeller head}, {clustergeeking}, {geek out}, {wannabee}, {terminal junkie}, {spod}, {weenie}.

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Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of {warez d00dz}, {cracker}s, {weenie}s, {spod}s, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations rather than invented legendry.

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Compare {newbie}, {tourist}, {weenie}, {twink}, {terminal junkie}, {warez d00dz}.

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Many people consider this the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see {Unix weenie} and {Unix conspiracy} for an opposing point of view).

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--ESR] :Unix weenie: /n./ [ITS] 1.

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It must have been written by a real Unix weenie."

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Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix weenie".

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See also {weenie}.

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See {cracker}, {wannabee}, {handle}, {elite}; compare {weenie}, {spod}.

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:weenie: /n./ 1.

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The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills travelling under a grandiose {handle} derived from fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics.

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Among sysops, 'the weenie problem' refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden {flamage} weenies tend to spew all over a newly-discovered BBS.

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[Among hackers] When used with a qualifier (for example, as in {Unix weenie}, VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be either an insult or a term of praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or not it is applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the same sort of weenie.

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Implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort, and concentration into the area indicated; whether this is good or bad depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that area.

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:Weenix: /wee'niks/ /n./ [ITS] A derogatory term for {{Unix}}, derived from {Unix weenie}.

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According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, hard file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, and users who believe that these are all advantages".

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(No, Unix weenies, this does *not* mean 'pronounce like previous pronunciation'!)

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(No, Unix weenies, this does not mean 'pronounce like previous pronunciation'!)

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See also [502]newbie, [503]troll, [504]holy wars, [505]weenie, [506]Get a life!.

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Rare: weenie; [hybrid], pit-thwong.

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Compare [1349]weenie, [1350]Amiga Persecution Complex.

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May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive [2772]weenies.

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See also [2909]propeller head, [2910]clustergeeking, [2911]geek out, [2912]wannabee, [2913]terminal junkie, [2914]spod, [2915]weenie.

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Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of [6637]warez d00dz, [6638]crackers, [6639]weenies, [6640]spods, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations rather than invented legendry.

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Compare [12622]newbie, [12623]tourist, [12624]weenie, [12625]twink, [12626]terminal junkie, [12627]warez d00dz.

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Node:= U =, Next:[13781]= V =, Previous:[13782]= T =, Up:[13783]The Jargon Lexicon = U = * [13784]u-: * [13785]UBD: * [13786]UBE: * [13787]UCE: * [13788]UDP: * [13789]UN*X: * [13790]undefined external reference: * [13791]under the hood: * [13792]undocumented feature: * [13793]uninteresting: * [13794]Unix: * [13795]Unix brain damage: * [13796]Unix conspiracy: * [13797]Unix weenie: * [13798]unixism: * [13799]unswizzle: * [13800]unwind the stack: * [13801]unwind-protect: * [13802]up: * [13803]upload: * [13804]upthread: * [13805]urchin: * [13806]URL: * [13807]Usenet: * [13808]Usenet Death Penalty: * [13809]user: * [13810]user-friendly: * [13811]user-obsequious: * [13812]userland: * [13813]USG Unix: * [13814]UTSL: * [13815]UUCPNET: Node:u-, Next:[13816]UBD, Previous:[13817]twonkie, Up:[13818]= U = u- pref.

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Many people consider the success of Unix the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see [13872]Unix weenie and [13873]Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view).

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Node:Unix conspiracy, Next:[13884]Unix weenie, Previous:[13885]Unix brain damage, Up:[13886]= U = Unix conspiracy n. [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among [13887]ITS and [13888]TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control.

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--ESR] Node:Unix weenie, Next:[13893]unixism, Previous:[13894]Unix conspiracy, Up:[13895]= U = Unix weenie n. [ITS] 1.

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It must have been written by a real Unix weenie."

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Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix weenie".

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See also [13898]weenie.

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Node:unixism, Next:[13899]unswizzle, Previous:[13900]Unix weenie, Up:[13901]= U = unixism n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory Unix systems.

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Node:= W =, Next:[14258]= X =, Previous:[14259]= V =, Up:[14260]The Jargon Lexicon = W = * [14261]W2K bug: * [14262]wabbit: * [14263]WAITS: * [14264]waldo: * [14265]walk: * [14266]walk off the end of: * [14267]walking drives: * [14268]wall: * [14269]wall follower: * [14270]wall time: * [14271]wall wart: * [14272]wallpaper: * [14273]wango: * [14274]wank: * [14275]wannabee: * [14276]war dialer: * [14277]-ware: * [14278]warez: * [14279]warez d00dz: * [14280]warez kiddies: * [14281]warlording: * [14282]warm boot: * [14283]wart: * [14284]washing machine: * [14285]washing software: * [14286]water MIPS: * [14287]wave a dead chicken: * [14288]weasel: * [14289]web pointer: * [14290]web toaster: * [14291]webify: * [14292]webmaster: * [14293]web ring: * [14294]wedged: * [14295]wedgie: * [14296]wedgitude: * [14297]weeble: * [14298]weeds: * [14299]weenie: * [14300]Weenix: * [14301]well-behaved: * [14302]well-connected: * [14303]wetware: * [14304]whack: * [14305]whack-a-mole: * [14306]whacker: * [14307]whales: * [14308]whalesong: * [14309]What's a spline?

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See [14488]cracker, [14489]wannabee, [14490]handle, [14491]elite, [14492]courier, [14493]leech; compare [14494]weenie, [14495]spod.

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Node:weeds, Next:[14586]weenie, Previous:[14587]weeble, Up:[14588]= W = weeds n. 1.

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Node:weenie, Next:[14591]Weenix, Previous:[14592]weeds, Up:[14593]= W = weenie n. 1.

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The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills travelling under a grandiose [14596]handle derived from fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics.

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Among sysops, 'the weenie problem' refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden [14597]flamage weenies tend to spew all over a newly-discovered BBS.

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[Among hackers] When used with a qualifier (for example, as in [14602]Unix weenie, VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be either an insult or a term of praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or not it is applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the same sort of weenie.

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Implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort, and concentration into the area indicated; whether this is good or bad depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that area.

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Node:Weenix, Next:[14604]well-behaved, Previous:[14605]weenie, Up:[14606]= W = Weenix /wee'niks/ n. 1.

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[ITS] A derogatory term for [14607]Unix, derived from [14608]Unix weenie.

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According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, hard file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, and users who believe that these are all advantages".

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He gets so excited following up his links of worm- weenies, that he doesn't notice he's up on shore, when suddenly Tod Fulton, mighty fisherman, grabs him by the tail and flips him----" "Yes--where does he flip him?"

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The scaffolding made for a nice weenie, a visual draw that would pull the hordes that thronged Debra's Hall of Presidents over for a curious peek or two.

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"He _don't_ understand one word," said Miss Burrage, laughing sarcastically, "he don't understand one word of all your _bonnys_, and _wee wees_ and _weenies_, Miss Hope; he, unfortunately, don't understand broad Scotch, and maybe he mayn't be so great a proficient as you are in _boarding-school_ French; but I'll try if he can understand _me_, if you'll tell me what you want."

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For them it was sunny picnics of complete families, weenie roasts, and marshmallow burnings over bonfires.

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It was one of her presents to Adagio that she should sit there on the bleachers stuffing these frankfurters or weenies into her mouth and staring onto this little sea of intermittent tackle and throw action (the object being thrown like an irregular, phallic weenie).

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