:NAK: /nak/ [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0010101] interj.
1. On-line joke answer to {ACK}?: "I'm not here."
2. On-line answer to a request for chat: "I'm not available."
3. Used to politely interrupt someone to tell them you don't
understand their point or that they have suddenly stopped making
sense. See {ACK}, sense 3. "And then, after we recode the
project in COBOL...." "Nak, Nak, Nak! I thought I heard you
say COBOL!"
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
1. On-line joke answer to {ACK}?: "I'm not here."
2. On-line answer to a request for chat: "I'm not available."
3. Used to politely interrupt someone to tell them you don't
understand their point or that they have suddenly stopped making
sense. See {ACK}, sense 3. "And then, after we recode the
project in COBOL...." "Nak, Nak, Nak! I thought I heard you
say COBOL!"
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- NAK /nak/ interj.
[from the ASCII mnemonic for 0010101]
1.
On-line joke answer to ACK?: "I'm not here." 2. On-line answer to a request for cha... - ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110]
Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!... - ACK /ak/ interj.
1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic
for 0000110] Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream Yo!... - ENQ: /enkw/ or /enk/ [from the ASCII mnemonic ENQuire for
0000101] An on-line convention for querying someone's availability.
After opening a {talk mode} connection to someone apparently in heavy hack mode, one might type `SYN SYN ENQ?... - Not another NAK NAK joke, Please!
- NAK NAK, "Who's There?" #@#^#$%#(#@^ NO CARRIER
- ENQ /enkw/ or /enk/
[from the ASCII mnemonic ENQuire
for 0000101] An on-line convention for querying someone's
availability.
After opening a talk mode connection to someone apparently in heavy hack mode, one might type SYN SYN ENQ?... - mumble interj.
1. Said when the correct response is too
complicated to enunciate, or the speaker has not thought it out.
Often prefaces a longer answer, or indicates a general reluctance to get into a long discussion.... - He said "ENQ?". "NAK!", she replied.
