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Subject: Re: Use of the Word 'Hacker' - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 14-Sep-83 05:47:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 14 05:47:19 1983
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inmet!rgh    Sep 13 21:25:00 1983

Re "hacker"
>From the American Heritage Dictionary:

    hack [v. tr.] 1. To cut with irregular or heavy blows or in a
    random manner;  to chip, notch, chop off, or chop up roughly
    with a pick, knife, ax, or other tool. ...  --hacker n.

    cut [v.tr.] ... 2. To separate into parts with, or as if with,
    a sharp-edged instrument. ...  12. to reduce or curtail the
    size, extent, or duration of.  13.  To lessen the strength
    of ...  22. To edit ...  [v. intr.] ... 7. To go directly
    and often hastily ...

Seriously, if you're going to complain about words not in the
dictionary, why don't you pick on an abomination like "functionality"?

				Randy Hudson  
				{harpo,decvax!cca!ima}!inmet!rgh