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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Dissociated Press</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dispress.html" title="dispress"/><link rel="next" href="distribution.html" title="distribution"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Dissociated Press</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dispress.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="distribution.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Dissociated-Press"/><dt xmlns="" id="Dissociated-Press"><b>Dissociated Press</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [play on &#8216;Associated Press&#8217;; perhaps inspired by a
reference in the 1950 Bugs Bunny cartoon <i class="citetitle">What's Up,
Doc?</i>] An algorithm for transforming any text into potentially
humorous garbage even more efficiently than by passing it through a
<a href="../M/marketroid.html"><i class="glossterm">marketroid</i></a>. The algorithm starts by printing any
<tt class="literal">N</tt> consecutive words (or letters) in the text. Then at
every step it searches for any random occurrence in the original text of
the last <tt class="literal">N</tt> words (or letters) already printed and then
prints the next word or letter. <a href="../E/EMACS.html"><i class="glossterm">EMACS</i></a> has a handy
command for this. Here is a short example of word-based Dissociated Press
applied to an earlier version of this Jargon File:</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
wart: <span class="grammar">n.</span> A small, crocky
<a href="../F/feature.html"><i class="glossterm">feature</i></a> that sticks out of an array (C has no checks
for this). This is relatively benign and easy to spot if the phrase is bent
so as to be not worth paying attention to the medium in question.
</p></blockquote></div><p>Here is a short example of letter-based Dissociated Press applied to
the same source:</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p> window sysIWYG: <span class="grammar">n.</span> A bit was named aften <span class="pronunciation">/bee´t@/</span> prefer to use the other
guy's re, especially in every cast a chuckle on neithout getting into useful
informash speech makes removing a featuring a move or usage actual
abstractionsidered <span class="grammar">interj.</span> Indeed spectace
logic or problem! </p></blockquote></div><p>A hackish idle pastime is to apply letter-based Dissociated Press to
a random body of text and <a href="../V/vgrep.html"><i class="glossterm">vgrep</i></a> the output in hopes
of finding an interesting new word. (In the preceding example,
&#8216;window sysIWYG&#8217; and &#8216;informash&#8217; show some
promise.) Iterated applications of Dissociated Press usually yield better
results. Similar techniques called <span class="firstterm">travesty
generators</span> have been employed with considerable satirical effect
to the utterances of Usenet flamers; see
<a href="../P/pseudo.html"><i class="glossterm">pseudo</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dispress.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="distribution.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dispress </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> distribution</td></tr></table></div></body></html>