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kremvax
/kremvaks/ , n. [from the then-large number of Usenet VAXen with names of
the form foovax ] Originally, a fictitious Usenet site at the Kremlin,
announced on April 1, 1984 in a posting ostensibly originated there by
Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko. The posting was actually forged by Piet
Beertema as an April Fool's joke.