/skuhm' os/ or /skuhm' O-S/ An Unflattering hackerism for SunOS, the Unix variant once supported on Sun Microsystems' s Unix workstations.Despite what this term might suggest, Sun was founded by hackers and still enjoys excellent relations with hackerdomusage is more often in exasperation than outright loathing.See also sun-stools.Compare AIDX, Macintrash, {Nominal Semidestructor}, {Open DeathTrap}, {HP-SUX}.[Jargon File](1995-04-19)