snarf: /snarf/ vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or
file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's
permission. See also BLT. 2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a
file or set of files across a network. See also blast. This term
was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning `to eat piggishly'. It
may still have this connotation in context. "He's in the snarfing
phase of hacking -- FTPing megs of stuff a day." 3. To acquire,
with little concern for legal forms or politesse (but not quite by
stealing). "They were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of
them." 4. Syn. for slurp. "This program starts by snarfing the
entire database into core, then...." 5. [GEnie] To spray food or
programming fluids due to laughing at the wrong moment. "I was
drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed all over my
desk." "If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard condom." [This sense
appears to be widespread among mundane teenagers --ESR]
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