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snarf: /snarf/, vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose
of using it with or without the author's permission. See also
BLT. 2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a file or set of files across a
network. See also blast. This term was mainstream
in the late 1960s, meaning ‘to eat piggishly’. It may still
have this connotation in context. “He's in the snarfing phase of
hacking — FTPing megs of stuff a day.” 3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing). “They
were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them.” 4. Syn. for slurp. “This program
starts by snarfing the entire database into core, then....”
5. [GEnie] To spray food or
programming fluids due to laughing at the wrong moment. “I was
drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed all over my
desk.” “If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard
condom.” [This sense appears to be widespread
among mundane teenagers —ESR] The sound of snarfing is
splork!.
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