vacuum
2007-02-11 02:35:02
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answer #1
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answered by flower 6
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And then there is:
quux - /kwuhks/ [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxandum iri; noun form variously "quux" (plural "quuces", anglicised to "quuxes") and "quuxu" (genitive plural is "quuxuum", for four u-letters out of seven in all, using up all the "u" letters in Scrabble).] 1. Originally, a metasyntactic variable like foo and foobar. Invented by Guy Steele for precisely this purpose when he was young and naive and not yet interacting with the real computing community. Many people invent such words; this one seems simply to have been lucky enough to have spread a little. In an eloquent display of poetic justice, it has returned to the originator in the form of a nickname.
2. See foo; however, denotes very little disgust, and is uttered mostly for the sake of the sound of it.
3. Guy Steele in his persona as "The Great Quux", which is somewhat infamous for light verse and for the "Crunchly" cartoons.
4. In some circles, used as a punning opposite of "crux". "Ah, that's the quux of the matter!" implies that the point is *not* crucial (compare tip of the ice-cube).
2007-02-11 10:38:50
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answer #2
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answered by lou53053 5
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Vacuum
2007-02-11 11:22:18
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answer #3
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answered by P Praveen Kumar 5
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There are vacuum, continuum, menstruum, residuum, triduum, duumvir, duumvirate.
2007-02-11 10:40:28
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answer #4
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answered by terry b 4
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Vacuum, continuum
HEY!! STOP TAKIN MY WORDS :)
2007-02-11 10:39:44
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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vacuum
2007-02-11 11:01:44
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answer #6
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answered by Rave 2
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vacuum
2007-02-11 10:39:23
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answer #7
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answered by Gen 4
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vacuum
2007-02-11 10:36:42
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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vacuum, continuum
2007-02-11 10:43:24
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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continuum
2007-02-11 10:37:38
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answer #10
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answered by waif 4
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