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Berzerkeley: /b@r·zerīklee/, n. [from ‘berserk’, via the name of a now-deceased record
label; poss. originated by famed columnist Herb Caen] Humorous distortion
of “Berkeley” used esp. to refer to the practices or products
of the BSD Unix hackers. See software
bloat, Berkeley Quality Software. Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and
political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as
far back as the 1960s.
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