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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,
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).
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