The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Various
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network. Compare [600]Great Worm; [601]sorcerer's apprentice mode. See
also [602]software laser, [603]network meltdown. _________________________________________________________________ Node:armor-plated, Next:[604]asbestos, Previous:[605]ARMM, Up:[606]= A = armor-plated n. Syn. for [607]bulletproof. _________________________________________________________________ Node:asbestos, Next:[608]asbestos cork award, Previous:[609]armor-plated, Up:[610]= A = asbestos adj. [common] Used as a modifier to anything intended to protect one from [611]flames; also in other highly [612]flame-suggestive usages. See, for example, [613]asbestos longjohns and [614]asbestos cork award. _________________________________________________________________ Node:asbestos cork award, Next:[615]asbestos longjohns, Previous:[616]asbestos, Up:[617]= A = asbestos cork award n. Once, long ago at MIT, there was a [618]flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed, had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the |
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