become less common, as most Unix hackers simply refer to the CTY as
`the console'.

:cube: /n./ 1. [short for `cubicle'] A module in the
open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the
manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a
matte-black cube).

:cubing: /vi./ [parallel with `tubing'] 1. Hacking on an IPSC
(Intel Personal SuperComputer) hypercube. "Louella's gone cubing
*again*!!" 2. Hacking Rubik's Cube or related puzzles,
either physically or mathematically. 3. An indescribable form of
self-torture (see sense 1 or 2).

:cursor dipped in X: /n./ There are a couple of metaphors in
English of the form `pen dipped in X' (perhaps the most common
values of X are `acid', `bile', and `vitriol'). These map
over neatly to this hackish usage (the cursor being what moves,
leaving letters behind, when one is composing on-line). "Talk
about a {nastygram}! He must've had his cursor dipped in acid
when he wrote that one!"

:cuspy: /kuhs'pee/ /adj./ [WPI: from the {DEC}
abbreviation CUSP, for `Commonly Used System Program', i.e., a
utility program used by many people] 1. (of a program)
Well-written. 2. Functionally excellent. A program that performs
well and interfaces well to users is cuspy. See {rude}.
3. [NYU] Said of an attractive woman, especially one regarded as
available. Implies a certain curvaceousness.