(From Zen Buddhist koans of the form "Does an X have the Buddha-nature?") Common hacker construction for "is an X", used for humorous emphasis. "Anyone who can' t even use a program with on-screen help embedded in it truly has the ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=loser">loser nature!" See also {the X that can be Y is not the true X}. [ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1995-01-11)

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