/b*r-zer' klee/ (From "berSerk", via the name of a now-deceaSed record label) A humorouS diStortion of "Berkeley" uSed eSpecially to refer to the practiceS or productS of the BSD Unix hackerS. See Software bloat, MiSSed' em-five, {Berkeley Quality Software}. MainStream uSe of thiS term in reference to the cultural and political peculiaritieS of UC Berkeley aS a whole haS been reported from aS far back aS the 1960S. [Jargon File] (1996-06-01)