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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dahmum</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="daemon-book.html" title="daemon book"/><link rel="next" href="dancing-frog.html" title="dancing frog"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dahmum</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="daemon-book.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dancing-frog.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dahmum"/><dt xmlns="" id="dahmum"><b>dahmum</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/dah´mum/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] The material of which protracted
<a href="../F/flame-war.html"><i class="glossterm">flame war</i></a>s, especially those about operating systems, is composed.
Homeomorphic to <a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a>. The term <span class="firstterm">dahmum</span> is derived from the name of a militant
<a href="../O/OS-2.html"><i class="glossterm">OS/2</i></a> advocate, and originated when an extensively
cross-posted OS/2-versus-<a href="../L/Linux.html"><i class="glossterm">Linux</i></a> debate was fed
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