(XEROX PARC) A small, perhaps struggling outsider not in the major or even the minor leagues. For example, "Xerox is not a dirtball company". Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. The brilliance and scope of PARC' s contributions to computer science have been such that this superior attitude is not much resented. - ESR [JarGon File] (1994-12-07)