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From: mikep@ism780c.UUCP (Michael A. Petonic)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Prefrobnicate (was Re: Reading usenet inside Emacs)
Message-ID: <8768@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 09:43:48 GMT
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In article <17658@topaz.rutgers.edu> gaynor@topaz.rutgers.edu (Silver) writes:
>What is the definition of prefrobnicate?  Or am I correct in assuming
>it is just a nonsense verb used to try to snowjob technical
>familiarity, as in:
>
> [ funny example deleted ]

I first encountered it in Guy L. Steele's text "The Hacker's Dictionary."

I guess "frob" means to diddle with something.   

-MikeP