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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ha ha only serious</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="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="h.html" title="h"/><link rel="next" href="hack.html" title="hack"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ha ha only serious</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="h.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="hack.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ha-ha-only-serious"/><dt xmlns="" id="ha-ha-only-serious"><b>ha ha only serious</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [from SF fandom, orig. as mutation of HHOK, ‘Ha Ha Only
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Kidding’] A phrase (often seen abbreviated as HHOS) that aptly
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captures the flavor of much hacker discourse. Applied especially to
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parodies, absurdities, and ironic jokes that are both intended and
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perceived to contain a possibly disquieting amount of truth, or truths that
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are constructed on in-joke and self-parody. This lexicon contains many
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examples of ha-ha-only-serious in both form and content. Indeed, the
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entirety of hacker culture is often perceived as ha-ha-only-serious by
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hackers themselves; to take it either too lightly or too seriously marks a
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person as an outsider, a <a href="../W/wannabee.html"><i class="glossterm">wannabee</i></a>, or in
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<a href="../L/larval-stage.html"><i class="glossterm">larval stage</i></a>. For further enlightenment on this
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subject, consult any Zen master. See also
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<a href="hacker-humor.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker humor</i></a>, and <a href="../K/koan.html"><i class="glossterm">koan</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="h.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="hack.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">h<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>hack</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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