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• hing // n. [IRC] Fortuitous typo for `hint', now in wide intentional use among players of initgame.
  Compare newsfroup, filk....
• ewsfroup: // [USENET] n. Silly synonym for {newsgroup}, originally a typo but now in regular use on USENET's talk.
  bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare {hing}, {grilf}, and {filk}....
• cow orker n. [Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal.
  This term was popularized by Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert) but seems to have originated earlier in a 1997 scary devil monastery FAQ....
• filk: /filk/ [from SF fandom, where a typo for `folk' was adopted as a new word] n.
  v. A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics, intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions....
• grilf: // n. Girl-friend. Like {newsfroup} and {filk}, a typo incarnated as a new word.
  Seems to have originated sometime in 1992. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ewsfroup // n. [Usenet] Silly synonym for newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's talk.
  bizarre, and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, pr0n and fi...
• initgame: /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] n. An {IRC} version of the venerable trivia game "20 questio
  in which one user changes his {nick} to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next....
• filk /filk/ n.,v. [from SF fandom, where a typo for `folk' was adopted as a new word] A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics and/or music
  intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions....
• mouso: /mow'soh/ n. [by analogy with `typo'] An error in mouse usage resulting in an inappropriate selection or graphic garbage on the screen.
  Compare {thinko}, {braino}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...