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scrog
/skrog/ , vt. [Bell Labs] To damage, trash, or corrupt a data structure. The list header got scrogged. Also reported as skrog , and ascribed to the comic strip The Wizard of Id. Compare scag ; possibly the two are related. Equivalent to scribble or mangle.