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snarf
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/snarf/ , vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the
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purpose of using it with or without the author's permission. See also BLT.
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2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a file or set of files across a network.
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See also blast. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning to eat
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piggishly. It may still have this connotation in context. He's in the
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snarfing phase of hacking FTPing megs of stuff a day. 3. To acquire, with
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little concern for legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing).
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They were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them. 4. Syn. for
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slurp. This program starts by snarfing the entire database into core,
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then.... 5. [GEnie] To spray food or programming fluid s due to laughing at
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the wrong moment. I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed
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all over my desk. If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
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snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard condom. [This sense appears to be
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widespread among mundane teenagers ESR] The sound of snarfing is splork!.
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