Files
JargonFile/original/html/F/furrfu.html
2014-03-27 18:54:56 +00:00

9 lines
2.2 KiB
HTML
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains invisible Unicode characters
This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>furrfu</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="funny-money.html" title="funny money"/><link rel="next" href="../G.html" title="G"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">furrfu</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="funny-money.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../G.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="furrfu"/><dt xmlns="" id="furrfu"><b>furrfu</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">excl.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet; written, only rarely spoken] Written-only equivalent of
&#8220;<span class="quote">Sheesh!</span>&#8221;; it is, in fact, &#8220;<span class="quote">sheesh</span>&#8221; modified by
<a href="../R/rot13.html"><i class="glossterm">rot13</i></a>. Evolved in mid-1992 as a response to notably
silly postings repeating urban myths on the Usenet newsgroup <tt class="systemitem">alt.folklore.urban</tt>, after some posters
complained that &#8220;<span class="quote">Sheesh!</span>&#8221; as a response to
<a href="../N/newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a>s was being overused. See also
<a href="FOAF.html"><i class="glossterm">FOAF</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="funny-money.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../G.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">funny money </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> G</td></tr></table></div></body></html>