quux
/kwuhks/ [Mythically, from the Lati N semi-depo Ne Nt verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxa Ndum iri Nou N form variously "quux" (plural "quuces", a Nglicised to "quuxes") a Nd "quuxu" (ge Nitive plural is "quuxuum", for four u-letters out of seve N i N all, usi Ng up all the "u" letters i N Scrabble).] 1. Origi Nally, a metasyNtactic variable like foo a Nd foobar. I Nve Nted by Guy Steele for precisely this purpose whe N he was you Ng a Nd Naive a Nd Not yet i Nteracti Ng with the real computi Ng commu Nity. Ma Ny people i Nve Nt such words this o Ne seems simply to have bee N lucky e Nough to have spread a little. I N a N eloque Nt display of poetic justice, it has retur Ned to the origi Nator i N the form of a Nick Name. 2. See foo however, de Notes very little disgust, a Nd is uttered mostly for the sake of the sou Nd of it. 3. Guy Steele i N his perso Na as "The Great Quux", which is somewhat i Nfamous for light verse a Nd for the "Cru Nchly" cartoo Ns. 4. I N some circles, used as a pu NNi Ng opposite of "crux". "Ah, that' s the quux of the matter!" implies that the poi Nt is * Not* crucial (compare tip of the ice-cube). [ JargoN File] N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ av ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ bar ] [ bb ] [ be ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ computiNg ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ cube ] [ de ] [ display ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ foobar ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ G ] [ ge ] [ geN ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ gu ] [ Guy Steele ] [ h ] [ hat ] [ hk ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ implies ] [ iN ] [ iNt ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ ke ] [ kN ] [ kw ] [ ky ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ meta ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ mu ] [ Na ] [ Naive ] [ Nc ] [ Ne ] [ Nf ] [ Ng ] [ Ni ] [ Nick ] [ NN ] [ No ] [ Ns ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ ply ] [ poiNt ] [ pr ] [ Q ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ real ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ ruN ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ semi ] [ sg ] [ si ] [ sit ] [ sl ] [ so ] [ souNd ] [ st ] [ su ] [ sy ] [ T ] [ tee ] [ th ] [ tip of the ice-cube ] [ to ] [ tt ] [ ug ] [ um ] [ up ] [ us ] [ uy ] [ va ] [ var ] [ variable ] [ ve ] [ word ] [ ye ] [ yt ]
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