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- hacker humour — A distinctive style of shared intellectual humour found among hackers, having the following marked characteristics: 1. Fascination with form-vs.-content jokes, paradoxes, and humour having to do with confusion of metalevels (see meta). One way to make a hacker laugh: hold a red index card in front of him/her with "GREEN" written on it, or vice-versa (note, however, that this is funny only the first time). 2. Elaborate deadpan parodies of large intellectual constructs, such as specifications (see write-only memory), standards documents, language descriptions (see INTERCAL), and even entire scientific theories (see quantum bogodynamics, computron). 3. Jokes that involve screwily precise reasoning from bizarre, ludicrous, or just grossly counter-intuitive premises. 4. Fascination with puns and wordplay. 5. A fondness for apparently mindless humour with subversive currents of intelligence in it - for example, old Warner Brothers and Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons, the Marx brothers, the early B-52s, and Monty Python's Flying Circus. Humour that combines this trait with elements of high camp and slapstick is especially favoured. 6. References to the symbol-object antinomies and associated ideas in Zen Buddhism and (less often) Taoism. See has the X nature, Discordianism, zen, ha ha only serious, AI koan. See also filk and retrocomputing. If you have an itchy feeling that all 6 of these traits are really aspects of one thing that is incredibly difficult to talk about exactly, you are (a) correct and (b) responding like a hacker. These traits are also recognizable (though in a less marked form) throughout science-fiction fandom.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- haute couture — high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- schizaeaceous — relating to a type of extinct fern
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea