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DAU
/dow/ , n. [German FidoNet] German acronym for Dmmster Anzunehmender User (stupidest imaginable user). From the engineering-slang GAU for Grsster Anzunehmender Unfall, worst assumable accident, esp. of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown. See cretin , fool , loser and weasel.