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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>propeller head</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="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="programming-fluid.html" title="programming fluid"/><link rel="next" href="propeller-key.html" title="propeller key"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">propeller head</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="programming-fluid.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="propeller-key.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="propeller-head"/><dt xmlns="" id="propeller-head"><b>propeller head</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Used by hackers, this is syn. with <a href="../G/geek.html"><i class="glossterm">geek</i></a>.
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Non-hackers sometimes use it to describe all techies. Prob. derives from
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SF fandom's tradition (originally invented by old-time fan Ray Faraday
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Nelson) of propeller beanies as fannish insignia (though nobody actually
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wears them except as a joke).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="programming-fluid.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="propeller-key.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">programming fluid </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> propeller key</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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