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The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Various
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Here is a short example of letter-based Dissociated Press applied
to the same source:

window sysIWYG: /n./ A bit was named aften /bee't*/ prefer to use
the other guy's re, especially in every cast a chuckle on
neithout getting into useful informash speech makes removing a
featuring a move or usage actual abstractionsidered /interj./
Indeed spectace logic or problem!

A hackish idle pastime is to apply letter-based Dissociated Press
to a random body of text and {vgrep} the output in hopes of finding
an interesting new word. (In the preceding example, `window
sysIWYG' and `informash' show some promise.) Iterated applications
of Dissociated Press usually yield better results. Similar
techniques called `travesty generators' have been employed with
considerable satirical effect to the utterances of Usenet flamers;
see {pseudo}.

:distribution: /n./ 1. A software source tree packaged for
distribution; but see {kit}. 2. A vague term encompassing
mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups (but not {BBS} {fora});
any topic-oriented message channel with multiple recipients. 3. An
information-space domain (usually loosely correlated with
geography) to which propagation of a Usenet message is restricted;
a much-underutilized feature.

:disusered: /adj./ [Usenet] Said of a person whose account on a
computer has been removed, esp. for cause rather than through
normal attrition. "He got disusered when they found out he'd been
cracking through the school's Internet access." The verbal form
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