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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bigot</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bignum.html" title="bignum"/><link rel="next" href="bikeshedding.html" title="bikeshedding"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bigot</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bignum.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bikeshedding.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bigot"/><dt xmlns="" id="bigot"><b>bigot</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] A person who is religiously attached to a particular
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computer, language, operating system, editor, or other tool (see
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<a href="../R/religious-issues.html"><i class="glossterm">religious issues</i></a>). Usually found with a specifier;
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thus, <span class="firstterm">Cray bigot</span>, <span class="firstterm">ITS bigot</span>, <span class="firstterm">APL
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bigot</span>, <span class="firstterm">VMS bigot</span>,
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<span class="firstterm">Berkeley bigot</span>. Real bigots can be
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distinguished from mere partisans or zealots by the fact that they refuse
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to learn alternatives even when the march of time and/or technology is
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threatening to obsolete the favored tool. It is truly said “<span class="quote">You can
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tell a bigot, but you can't tell him much.</span>” Compare
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<a href="../W/weenie.html"><i class="glossterm">weenie</i></a>,
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<a href="../A/Amiga-Persecution-Complex.html"><i class="glossterm">Amiga Persecution Complex</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bignum.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bikeshedding.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bignum </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bikeshedding</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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