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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>has the X nature</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="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hardwired.html" title="hardwired"/><link rel="next" href="hash-bucket.html" title="hash bucket"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">has the X nature</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hardwired.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hash-bucket.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="has-the-X-nature"/><dt xmlns="" id="has-the-X-nature"><b>has the X nature</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the form “<span class="quote">Does an
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X have the Buddha-nature?</span>”] <span class="grammar">adj.</span>
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Common hacker construction for ‘is an X’, used for humorous
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emphasis. “<span class="quote">Anyone who can't even use a program with on-screen help
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embedded in it truly has the <a href="../L/loser.html"><i class="glossterm">loser</i></a> nature!</span>”
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See also <a href="../T/the-X-that-can-be-Y-is-not-the-true-X.html"><i class="glossterm">the X that can be Y is not the true X</i></a>. See
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