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GNOME, n. In North-European mythology, a dwarfish imp inhabiting the interior parts of the earth and having special custody of mineral treasures.
Bjorsen, who died in 1765, says gnomes were common e...
Gnomes are too short to do it.
GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists.
The former would not go into the caucus and the combination failed, greatly to the...
Gnudist: a person who hacks while wearing no clothes.
Gnubile: an eligible young hacker. Gnugat: a hacker's favorite candy (Though it contains little gnutrition....
GNUEMACS: Generally Not Used Except by Middle Aged Computer Scienti
GNU: /gnoo/, *not* /noo/ 1. [acronym: `GNU's Not UNIX!
', see {{recursive acronym}}] A UNIX-workalike development effort of the Free Software Foundation headed by Richard Stallman &l...
GNUMACS: /gnoo'maks/ [contraction of `GNU EMACS'] Often-heard abbreviated name for the {GNU} project's flagship tool, {EMACS}.
Used esp. in contrast with {GOSMACS}. -- The AI Hackers Dictiona...
GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag.
In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. ...
GNU PROGRAMMERS do it for free and they don't give a damn about look & feel
Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.
-- Homer in "Moaning Lisa", from The Simpso...

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