Hacker Dictionary
 
Browse the Dictionary...
All A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Navigation Random Term
  • cascade
    n. 1. A huge volume of spurious error-message output produced by a compiler with poor error recovery. This can happen when one initial... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


  •  View Definition: eat flaming death 

    eat flaming death


    imp. A construction popularized among hackers by the infamous CPU Wars comic; supposed to derive from a famously turgid line in a WWII-era anti-Nazi propaganda comic that ran "Eat flaming death, non-Aryan mongrels!" or something of the sort (however, it is also reported that the Firesign Theater's 1975 album "In The Next World, You're On Your Own" included the phrase "Eat flaming death, fascist media pigs"; this may have been an influence). Used in humorously overblown expressions of hostility. "Eat flaming death, {EBCDIC} users!"