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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>furrfu</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="funny-money.html" title="funny money"/><link rel="next" href="../G.html" title="G"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">furrfu</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="funny-money.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../G.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="furrfu"/><dt xmlns="" id="furrfu"><b>furrfu</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">excl.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet; written, only rarely spoken] Written-only equivalent of
&#8220;<span class="quote">Sheesh!</span>&#8221;; it is, in fact, &#8220;<span class="quote">sheesh</span>&#8221; modified by
<a href="../R/rot13.html"><i class="glossterm">rot13</i></a>. Evolved in mid-1992 as a response to notably
silly postings repeating urban myths on the Usenet newsgroup <tt class="systemitem">alt.folklore.urban</tt>, after some posters
complained that &#8220;<span class="quote">Sheesh!</span>&#8221; as a response to
<a href="../N/newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a>s was being overused. See also
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