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YABA /ya'b*/ n. [Cambridge] Yet Another Bloody Acronym.
Whenever some program is being named, someone invariably suggests that it be given a name that is acronymic....
YAFIYGI /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ adj. [coined in response to WYSIWYG] Describes the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word processing or other user interface, the opposite of WYSIWYG.
Sta...
YAUN /yawn/ n.
Yellow Book n. The print version of this Jargon File
The New Hacker's Dictionary" from MIT Press; The book includes essentially all the material the File, plus a Foreword by Guy L....
yellow card n. See green card.
yellow wire n.
Yet Another adj. [From Unix's yacc(1), `Yet Another Compiler-Compiler', a LALR parser generator] 1.
Of your own work: A humorous allusion often used in titles to acknowledge that the topic...
YHBT // [Usenet: very common] Abbreviation: You Have Been Trolled (see troll, sense 1).
Especially used in "YHBT. YHL. HAND....
YKYBHTLW // abbrev. Abbreviation of `You know you've been hacking too long when.
..', which became established on the Usenet group alt....
YMMV // cav. Abbreviation for Your mileage may vary common on Usenet.

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