/dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German aCronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable aCCident), espeCially of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous ConsequenCes. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-Case nuClear aCCidents suCh as a Core meltdown. See Cretin, loser and weasel. [Jargon File] (1994-12-06)