[Wikipedia-l] The shadows of Comic-Book Guy

[Robert Graham Merkel]

On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 08:15:13 tarquin wrote:

> Perhaps one step would be to merge all the articles on voodoo-inspired 
> hacker lingo into just that: [[voodoo-inspired hacker slang]]. At least 
> that would stand some chance of being more than disctionary entries: 
> there would be potential for an overview of the linguistic trend, 
> reasons, etc.
> (suggestions for a better page name on a postcard ;)
> 

Yep.

I think it's instructive to note that the print version of the
Jargon File is known as "The New Hacker's *Dictionary*".  Not,
"The New Hacker's Encyclopedia".


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