From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2006-02-07T18:58:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby jargon and slang

Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> 
> "Shibboleth" is also a shibboleth, I guess. Rather
> self-referential.

More etymology than self-reference - "a shibboleth" is simply a word
that fulfils the same role "shibboleth" did in its original context.

martin