Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!phoenix!eliot From: eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Frobs (was: Re: how to pronounce '*') Message-ID: <11735@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 26 Nov 89 06:45:25 GMT References: <107.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> <21011@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 9 What's the etymology of 'frob'? What the hell IS a frob, anyway? Is it a bug or feature backwards? I need to know this.