old fart

created by Saige
(idea) by Jargon (2.1 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 13:14:55
-oid = O = Old Testament

old fart n.

Tribal elder. A title self-assumed with remarkable frequency by (esp.) Usenetters who have been programming for more than about 25 years; often appears in sig blocks attached to Jargon File contributions of great archeological significance. This is a term of insult in the second or third person but one of pride in first person.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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