jargon-i18n

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Jargon File

1. Introduction

2. The Jargon Lexicon
- Glossary
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  - A
  - B
  - C
  - D
  - E
  - F
    - face time
    - factor
    - fairings
    - fall over
    - fall through
    - fan
    - fandango on core
    - FAQ
    - FAQ list
    - FAQL
    - faradize
    - farkled
    - farm
    - fascist
    - fat electrons
    - fat pipe
    - fat-finger
    - faulty
    - fear and loathing
    - feature
    - feature creature
    - feature creep
    - feature key
    - feature shock
    - featurectomy
    - feep
    - feeper
    - feeping creature
    - feeping creaturism
    - feetch feetch
    - fence
    - fencepost error
    - fiber-seeking backhoe
    - FidoNet
    - field circus
    - field servoid
    - file signature
    - filk
    - film at 11
    - filter
    - Finagle’s Law
    - fine
    - finger
    - finger trouble
    - finger-pointing syndrome
    - finn
    - firebottle
    - firefighting
    - firehose syndrome
    - firewall code
    - firewall machine
    - fireworks mode
    - firmware
    - fish
    - FISH queue
    - fisking
    - FITNR
    - fix
    - FIXME
    - flag
    - flag day
    - flaky
    - flamage
    - flame
    - flame bait
    - flame on
    - flame war
    - flamer
    - flap
    - flarp
    - flash crowd
    - flat
    - flat-ASCII
    - flat-file
    - flatten
    - flavor
    - flavorful
    - flippy
    - flood
    - flowchart
    - flower key
    - flush
    - flypage
    - Flyspeck 3
    - flytrap
    - FM
    - fnord
    - FOAF
    - FOD
    - fold case
    - followup
    - fontology
    - foo
    - foobar
    - fool
    - fool file
    - Foonly
    - footprint
    - for free
    - for the rest of us
    - for values of
    - fora
    - foreground
    - fork
    - fork bomb
    - forked
    - Formosa’s Law
    - Fortrash
    - fortune cookie
    - forum
    - fossil
    - four-color glossies
    - frag
    - fragile
    - Frankenputer
    - fred
    - Fred Foobar
    - frednet
    - free software
    - freeware
    - freeze
    - fried
    - frink
    - friode
    - fritterware
    - frob
    - frobnicate
    - frobnitz
    - frog
    - frogging
    - front end
    - frotz
    - frotzed
    - frowney
    - FRS
    - fry
    - fscking
    - FSF
    - -fu
    - FUBAR
    - fuck me harder
    - FUD
    - FUD wars
    - fudge
    - fudge factor
    - fuel up
    - Full Monty
    - fum
    - functino
    - funky
    - funny money
    - furrfu
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3. Appendices

jargon-i18n

2. The Jargon Lexicon
Glossary
F
fortune cookie
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fortune cookie

n.

[WAITS, via Unix; common] A random quote, item of trivia, joke, or maxim printed to the user’s tty at login time or (less commonly) at logout time. Items from this lexicon have often been used as fortune cookies. See cookie file.

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