finn
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)finns
- a native or inhabitant of FinlandType of EuropeanMember of Finland, Republic of Finland
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A native of Finland; one of the Finn… in the ethnological sense. See Finns.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<jargon, chat> To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on IRC. The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987. [Jargon File]
(2000-08-05)
The Jargon File
[IRC] To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on IRC. The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987. There may be some influence from the ‘Finn’ character in William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel Count Zero, who at one point says to another (much younger) character “I have a pair of shoes older than you are, so shut up!”