From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T04:17:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Chunky Bacon

On Oct 24, 2006, at 1:23 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> quux makes sense?

Quoting from "Hacker's Dictionary," 1982 ASCII Edition:

QUUX [Invented by Steele.  Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent
    verb QUUXO, QUUXARE, QUUXANDUM IRI; noun form variously QUUX
    (plural QUUCES, Anglicized to QUUXES) and QUUXU (genitive plural is
    QUUHUUM, four U's in seven letters).] 1. Originally, a meta-word
    like FOO and FOOBAR.  Invented by Steele for precisely this
    purpose.  2. interj. See FOO; however, denotes very little disgust,
    and is uttered mostly for the sake of the sound of it.  3. n.
    Refers to one of three people who went to Boston Latin School and
    eventually to MIT:
         THE GREAT QUUX:  Guy L. Steele Jr.
         THE LESSER QUUX:  David J. Littleboy
         THE MEDIOCRE QUUX:  Alan P. Swide
    (This taxonomy is said to be similarly applied to three Frankston
    brothers at MIT.)  QUUX, without qualification, usually refers to
    The Great Quux, who is somewhat infamous for light verse and for
    the "Crunchly" cartoons.  4. QUULI: adj. Of or pertaining to a
    QUUL.  5. n. The Micro Quux (Sam Lewis).

Regards, Morton