:DAU: /dow/ [German Fidonet] n. German acronym for D"ummster
Anzunehmender User (stupidest imaginable user). From the
engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall, worst
foreseeable accident, esp. of a LNG tank farm plant or something
with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is
used only to refer to worst-case nuclear acidents such as a core
meltdown. See {cretin}, {fool}, {loser} and {weasel}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary