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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>suit</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sufficiently-small.html" title="sufficiently small"/><link rel="next" href="suitable-win.html" title="suitable win"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">suit</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sufficiently-small.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="suitable-win.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="suit"/><dt xmlns="" id="suit"><b>suit</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Ugly and uncomfortable ‘business clothing’ often worn
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by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a ‘tie’, a strangulation
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device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is
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thought that this explains much about the behavior of suit-wearers.
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Compare <a href="../D/droid.html"><i class="glossterm">droid</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or
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hacker. See <a href="../P/pointy-haired.html"><i class="glossterm">pointy-haired</i></a>,
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<a href="../B/burble.html"><i class="glossterm">burble</i></a>, <a href="../M/management.html"><i class="glossterm">management</i></a>,
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<a href="Stupids.html"><i class="glossterm">Stupids</i></a>, <a href="SNAFU-principle.html"><i class="glossterm">SNAFU principle</i></a>,
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<a href="../P/PHB.html"><i class="glossterm">PHB</i></a>, and
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<a href="../B/brain-damaged.html"><i class="glossterm">brain-damaged</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sufficiently-small.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="suitable-win.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sufficiently small<6C></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>suitable win</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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