JargonFile/original/html/T/tardegy.html
2014-03-27 18:54:56 +00:00

7 lines
2.0 KiB
HTML
Raw Blame History

This file contains invisible Unicode characters

This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>tardegy</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="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="tarball.html" title="tarball"/><link rel="next" href="taste.html" title="taste"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">tardegy</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="tarball.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="taste.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="tardegy"/><dt xmlns="" id="tardegy"><b>tardegy</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">tar´d­jee</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>[deliberate mangling of <span class="firstterm">tragedy</span>] An incident in which someone who
clearly deserves to be selected out of the gene pool on grounds of extreme
stupidity meets with a messy end. Coined on the Darwin list, which is
dedicated to chronicling such incidents; but almost all hackers would
instantly recognize the intention of the term and laugh.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="tarball.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="taste.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">tarball </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> taste</td></tr></table></div></body></html>