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[syn: frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
weenie
n 1: a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually
smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: frank,
frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener,
wienerwurst, weenie]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
weenie
1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser resembling a less
amusing version of BIFF that infests many BBSes. The
typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills
travelling under a grandiose handle derived from fantasy or
heavy-metal rock lyrics. Among sysops, "the weenie problem"
refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden
flamage weenies tend to spew all over a newly-discovered
BBS.
Compare spod, computer geek, terminal junkie.
2. Among hackers, when used with a qualifier (for example, as
in Unix weenie, VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be
either an insult or a term of praise, depending on context,
tone of voice, and whether or not it is applied by a person
who considers him or herself to be the same sort of weenie.
It implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time,
effort and concentration into the area indicated; whether this
is good or bad depends on the hearer's judgment of how the
speaker feels about that area. See also bigot.
3. The semicolon character, ";" (ASCII 59).
(1995-01-18)
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
weenie
n.
1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser resembling a less amusing version
of B1FF that infests many BBS systems. The typical weenie is a teenage
boy with poor social skills travelling under a grandiose handle derived
from fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics. Among sysops, the weenie problem
refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden flamage weenies
tend to spew all over a newly-discovered BBS. Compare spod, geek,
terminal junkie, warez d00dz.
2. [among hackers] When used with a qualifier (for example, as in Unix
weenie, VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be either an insult or a term of
praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or not it is
applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the same sort of
weenie. Implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort,
and concentration into the area indicated; whether this is good or bad
depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that area.
See also bigot.
3. The semicolon character, ; (ASCII 0111011).