From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T06:10:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Chunky Bacon

Morton Goldberg wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
Guy Steele makes sense?

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