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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fool file</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fool.html" title="fool"/><link rel="next" href="Foonly.html" title="Foonly"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fool file</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fool.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Foonly.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fool-file"/><dt xmlns="" id="fool-file"><b>fool file</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] A notional repository of all the most dramatically and
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abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire subgenre of
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<a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a>s consists of the header “<span class="quote">From the fool
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file:</span>” followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an
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immortal gem of dimwittery; for this usage to be really effective, the
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quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More than one
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Usenetter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this
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way.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fool.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Foonly.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fool<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Foonly</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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