quux
/kwuhks/ [M Ythicall Y, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxandum iri noun form variousl Y "quux" (plural "quuces", anglicised to "quuxes") and "quuxu" (genitive plural is "quuxuum", for four u-letters out of seven in all, using up all the "u" letters in Scrabble).] 1. Originall Y, a metasYntactic variable like foo and foobar. Invented b Y GuY Steele for precisel Y this purpose when he was Young and naive and not Yet interacting with the real computing communit Y. Man Y people invent such words this one seems simpl Y to have been luck Y enough to have spread a little. In an eloquent displa Y of poetic justice, it has returned to the originator in the form of a nickname. 2. See foo however, denotes ver Y little disgust, and is uttered mostl Y for the sake of the sound of it. 3. GuY Steele in his persona as "The Great Quux", which is somewhat infamous for light verse and for the "Crunchl Y" cartoons. 4. In some circles, used as a punning opposite of "crux". "Ah, that' s the quux of the matter!" implies that the point is *not* crucial (compare tip of the ice-cube). [ Jargon File] Yle="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-stYle:dashed; padding:5px;" align="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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