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• SOS /S-O-S/ n.,obs. An infamously losing text editor.
  Once, back in the 1960s, when a text editor was needed for the PDP-6, a hacker crufted together a quick-and-dirty `stopgap editor' to be used until a better one was written....
• SOS: n.,obs. /S-O-S/ 1. An infamously {losing} text editor.
  Once, back in the 1960s, when a text editor was needed for the PDP-6, a hacker crufted together a {quick-and-dirty} `stopgap editor' to be used until a better one was written....
• A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal sized billiard balls.
  -- Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic...
• he guy who was an incurable romantic until penicillin came along? -- Hear about...
• Hear about... the guy who was an incurable romantic until penicillin came along?
• Just when I was getting used to yesterday along came today.
• idempotent: [from mathematical techspeak] adj. Acting as if used only once, even if used multiple times.
  This term is often used with respect to {C} header files, which contain common definitions and declarations to be included by several source files....
• idempotent adj. [from mathematical techspeak] Acting as if used only once, even if used multiple times.
  This term is often used with respect to C header files, which contain common definitions and declarations to be included by several source files....