From 5aa3296b9a809cc623e447cd8465702241b5b348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:02:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Remove strange and probably derrogatory stuff --- entries/weenie.txt | 17 ----------------- 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 entries/weenie.txt diff --git a/entries/weenie.txt b/entries/weenie.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3c9fea5..0000000 --- a/entries/weenie.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -weenie - -n. 1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser resembling a less amusing version -of B1FF that infests many BBS systems. The typical weenie is a teenage boy -with poor social skills travelling under a grandiose handle derived from -fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics. Among sysops, the weenie problem refers -to the marginally literate and profanity-laden flamage weenies tend to spew -all over a newly-discovered BBS. Compare spod , geek , terminal junkie , -warez d00dz. 2. [among hackers] When used with a qualifier (for example, as -in Unix weenie , VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be either an insult or a -term of praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or not it -is applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the same sort of -weenie. Implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort, -and concentration into the area indicated; whether this is good or bad -depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that area. -See also bigot. 3. The semicolon character, ; (ASCII 0111011). -