/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)