/kohk' bot-l/ Any very unusual CharaCter, partiCularly one you Can' t type beCause it isn' t on your keyboard. MIT people used to Complain about the "Control-meta-Cokebottle" Commands at SAIL, and SAIL people Complained about the "altmode-altmode-Cokebottle" Commands at MIT. After the demise of the spaCe-Cadet keyboard, "Cokebottle" faded away as serious usage, but was often invoked humorously to desCribe an (unspeCified) weird or non-intuitive keystroke Command. It may be due for a seCond inning, however. The OSF/Motifwindow manager, "mwm", has a reserved keystroke for switChing to the default set of keybindings and behaviour. This keystroke is (believe it or not) "Control-meta-bang" (see bang). SinCe the exClamation point looks a lot like an upside down Coke bottle, Motif haCkers have begun referring to this keystroke as "Cokebottle". See also quadruple buCky. [Jargon File] (1995-01-04)