snarf

/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.
See also blast. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning to eat
piggishly. It may still have this connotation in context. He's in the
snarfing phase of hacking FTPing megs of stuff a day. 3. To acquire, with
little concern for legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing).
They were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them. 4. Syn. for
slurp. This program starts by snarfing the entire database into core,
then.... 5. [GEnie] To spray food or programming fluids due to laughing at
the wrong moment. I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed
all over my desk. If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard condom. The sound of snarfing
is splork!.
