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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fear and loathing</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="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="faulty.html" title="faulty"/><link rel="next" href="feature.html" title="feature"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fear and loathing</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="faulty.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="feature.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fear-and-loathing"/><dt xmlns="" id="fear-and-loathing"><b>fear and loathing</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from Hunter S. Thompson] A state inspired by the prospect of
dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally
<a href="../B/brain-damaged.html"><i class="glossterm">brain-damaged</i></a> but ubiquitous &#8212; Intel 8086s, or
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They want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine. Fear and loathing
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