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weenie

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  weenie 
  n  :  a  smooth-textured  sausage  of  minced  beef  or  pork  usually 
  smoked;  often  served  on  a  bread  roll  [syn:  {frank},  {frankfurter}, 
  {hotdog},  {wiener},  {wienerwurst}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  weenie  n.  1.  [on  BBSes]  Any  of  a  species  of  luser  resembling  a 
  less  amusing  version  of  {B1FF}  that  infests  many  {BBS}  systems. 
  The  typical  weenie  is  a  teenage  boy  with  poor  social  skills  travelling 
  under  a  grandiose  {handle}  derived  from  fantasy  or  heavy-metal  rock 
  lyrics.  Among  sysops,  `the  weenie  problem'  refers  to  the  marginally 
  literate  and  profanity-laden  {flamage}  weenies  tend  to  spew  all  over 
  a  newly-discovered  BBS.  Compare  {spod},  {computer  geek},  {terminal 
  junkie},  {warez  d00dz}.  2.  [Among  hackers]  When  used  with  a  qualifier 
  (for  example,  as  in  {Unix  weenie},  VMS  weenie,  IBM  weenie)  this  can 
  be  either  an  insult  or  a  term  of  praise,  depending  on  context,  tone  of 
  voice,  and  whether  or  not  it  is  applied  by  a  person  who  considers  him 
  or  herself  to  be  the  same  sort  of  weenie.  Implies 
  that  the  weenie  has  put  a  major  investment  of  time,  effort,  and 
  concentration  into  the  area  indicated;  whether  this  is  good  or  bad 
  depends  on  the  hearer's  judgment  of  how  the  speaker  feels  about  that  area. 
  See  also  {bigot}.  3.  The  semicolon  character,  `;'  (ASCII  0111011). 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  weenie 
 
  1.  [on  BBSes]  Any  of  a  species  of  {luser}  resembling  a  less 
  amusing  version  of  {BIFF}  that  infests  many  {BBS}es.  The 
  typical  weenie  is  a  teenage  boy  with  poor  social  skills 
  travelling  under  a  grandiose  {handle}  derived  from  fantasy  or 
  heavy-metal  rock  lyrics.  Among  {sysop}s,  "the  weenie  problem" 
  refers  to  the  marginally  literate  and  profanity-laden 
  {flamage}  weenies  tend  to  spew  all  over  a  newly-discovered 
  BBS. 
 
  Compare  {spod},  {computer  geek},  {terminal  junkie}. 
 
  2.  Among  hackers,  when  used  with  a  qualifier  (for  example,  as 
  in  {Unix  weenie},  {VMS}  weenie,  {IBM}  weenie)  this  can  be 
  either  an  insult  or  a  term  of  praise,  depending  on  context, 
  tone  of  voice,  and  whether  or  not  it  is  applied  by  a  person 
  who  considers  him  or  herself  to  be  the  same  sort  of  weenie. 
  It  implies  that  the  weenie  has  put  a  major  investment  of  time, 
  effort  and  concentration  into  the  area  indicated;  whether  this 
  is  good  or  bad  depends  on  the  hearer's  judgment  of  how  the 
  speaker  feels  about  that  area.  See  also  {bigot}. 
 
  3.  The  {semicolon}  character,  ";"  ({ASCII}  59). 
 
  (1995-01-18)




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