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gorets |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: gorets /gor'ets/ n. The unknown ur-noun, fill in your own meaning. Found esp. on the Usenet newsgroup alt.gorets, which seems to be a running contest to redefine the word by implication in the funniest and most peculiar way with the understanding that no definition is ever final. [A correspondent from the Former Soviet Union informs me that `gorets' is Russian for `mountain dweller'. Another from France informs me that `goret' is archaic French for a young pig --ESR] Compare {frink}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: gorets /gor'ets/ The unknown ur-noun, fill in your own meaning. Found especially on the {Usenet} newsgroup alt.gorets, which seems to be a running contest to redefine the word by implication in the funniest and most peculiar way with the understanding that no definition is ever final. [A correspondent from the Former Soviet Union informs me that gorets" is Russian for "mountain dweller" - ESR] Compare {frink}. [{Jargon File}]
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