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quux |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: quux /kwuhks/ n. [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare quuxandum iri; noun form variously `quux' (plural `quuces', anglicized 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. Originally, a {metasyntactic variable} like {foo} and {foobar}. Invented by Guy Steele for precisely this purpose when he was young and naive and not yet interacting with the real computing community. Many people invent such words this one seems simply to have been lucky enough to have spread a little. In an eloquent display of poetic justice, it has returned to the originator in the form of a nickname. 2. interj. See {foo}; however, denotes very little disgust, and is uttered mostly 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 `Crunchly' 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}). 5. quuxy: adj Of or pertaining to a quux. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: quux /kwuhks/ [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare quuxandum iri; noun form variously 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. Originally, a {metasyntactic variable} like {foo} and {foobar}. Invented by {Guy Steele} for precisely this purpose when he was young and naive and not yet interacting with the real computing community. Many people invent such words this one seems simply to have been lucky enough to have spread a little. In an eloquent display of poetic justice, it has returned to the originator in the form of a nickname. 2. See {foo}; however, denotes very little disgust, and is uttered mostly 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 Crunchly" 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}]
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