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has the X naturehas the X nature [seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the form “Does an X have the Buddha-nature?”] adj. Common hacker construction for ‘is an X’, used for humorous emphasis. “Anyone who can't even use a program with on-screen help embedded in it truly has the loser nature!” See also the X that can be Y is not the true X. See also mu. |
The Jargon FileCartoonsThe crunchly saga
The infamous Crunchly cartoons by The Great Quux are woven into the lexicon, each next to an appropriate entry. To read them in the sequence in which they were written, chase pointers from here using the ‘next cartoon’ information in the captions. |
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