From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T09:15:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Chunky Bacon

On Oct 24, 2006, at 5:10 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> 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).
>
> Guy Steele makes sense?
>
> <ducking>

<launching reply and shifting position rapidly>

As much sense as you're going get from a discussion like this one.

Regards, Morton