weenie: n. 1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser resembling a
less amusing version of B1FF that infests many BBS systems. The
typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills travelling
under a grandiose handle derived from fantasy or heavy-metal rock
lyrics. Among sysops, `the weenie problem' refers to the marginally
literate and profanity-laden flamage weenies tend to spew all over
a newly-discovered BBS. Compare spod, computer geek, terminal
junkie, warez d00dz. 2. [Among hackers] When used with a
qualifier (for example, as in Unix weenie, VMS weenie, IBM weenie)
this can be either an insult or a term of praise, depending on
context, tone of voice, and whether or not it is applied by a person
who considers him or herself to be the same sort of weenie. Implies
that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort, and
concentration into the area indicated; whether this is good or bad
depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that
area. See also bigot. 3. The semicolon character, `;' (ASCII
0111011).
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