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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wave a dead chicken</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="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="water-MIPS.html" title="water MIPS"/><link rel="next" href="weasel.html" title="weasel"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wave a dead chicken</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="water-MIPS.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="weasel.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wave-a-dead-chicken"/><dt xmlns="" id="wave-a-dead-chicken"><b>wave a dead chicken</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To perform a ritual in the direction of crashed software or hardware
that one believes to be futile but is nevertheless necessary so that others
are satisfied that an appropriate degree of effort has been expended.
&#8220;<span class="quote">I'll wave a dead chicken over the source code, but I really think
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