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Write-Protect Tab, n.: A small sticker created to cover the unsightly notch carelessly left by disk manufacturers.
The use of the tab creates an error message once in a whi...
Wrong," said Renner. "The tactful way," Rod said quietly, "the polite way to disagree with the Senator would be to say, `That turns out not to be the case.
'...
X-rated movies are all alike ... the only thing they leave to the imagination is the plot.
Xerox does it again and again and again and ...
Xerox never comes up with anything original.
XIIdigitation, n.: The practice of trying to determine the year a movie was made by deciphering the Roman numerals at the end of the credits.
-- Rich Hall, "Snigle...
Yacc" owes much to a most stimulating collection of users, who have goaded me beyond my inclination, and frequently beyond my ability in their endless search for "one more feature".
Their irritati...
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of APL, I shall fear no evil, for I can string 6 primitive monadic and dyadic operators together.
-- Steve Higgi...
Yeah, but you're taking the universe out of context.
Year, n.: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...

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