gaynor@topaz.rutgers.edu (Silver) (01/28/88)
What is the definition of prefrobnicate? Or am I correct in assuming it is just a nonsense verb used to try to snowjob technical familiarity, as in: Because Gunther had lied about his expertise in hacking GNU Emacs, he gambled, "Um, set-buffer versus switch-to-buffer? Well, since set-buffer prefrobnicates the buffer, you should use switch-to-buffer in most circumstances.". which is also used jokingly? ___ \o/ Cheers, V [Ag] _|_ LOOKING FOR GNU EMACS DEVELOPMENT, C/LISP/SH PROGRAMMING Andy Gaynor 201-545-0458 81 Hassart St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 gaynor@topaz.rutgers.edu ...!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!gaynor "There is no Editor but Emacs, and Lisp is its Prophet."
mikep@ism780c.UUCP (Michael A. Petonic) (01/29/88)
In article <17658@topaz.rutgers.edu> gaynor@topaz.rutgers.edu (Silver) writes: >What is the definition of prefrobnicate? Or am I correct in assuming >it is just a nonsense verb used to try to snowjob technical >familiarity, as in: > > [ funny example deleted ] I first encountered it in Guy L. Steele's text "The Hacker's Dictionary." I guess "frob" means to diddle with something. -MikeP