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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: A Super(cilious)Nova
Message-ID: <4331:Oct901:34:5890@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 90 01:34:58 GMT
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In article <1990Oct8.145439.12991@wolves.uucp> ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes:
  [ hacker, guru, wizard, cybermancer, quackdoodle ]

Why can't anyone be satisfied with ``expert''? It's a straightforward,
neutral term, and saying ``I'm a UNIX expert'' is not going to start any
arguments. Leave the ego trip words as compliments for other people.

---Dan