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ZEUS, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.
Some explorers who have touched upon the shores of America, and one who pro...
zigamorph: /zig'*-morf/ n. 1. Hex FF (11111111) when used as a delimiter or {fence} character.
Usage: primarily at IBM shops. 2. [proposed] n....
ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden.
(From _zed_, _z_, and _jag_, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning.) He zedjagged so uncome...
ZIP Object placed in clothing, designed to get stuck at the most inconvenient and/or embarrassing times.
When placed in men's trousers, the humble zip can be lethal, or at least very painful. ...
zipperhead: [IBM] n. A person with a closed mind. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Zippermakers do it on the fly.
zip: placing protection while climbing. compare with unzip.
-- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
zip: [primarily MS-DOS] vt. To create a compressed archive from a group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible archiver.
Its use is spreading now that portable implementations of the al...
Zippy's brain cells are straining to bridge synapses... -- Zippy the Pinhead

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