Weenie
1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of
luser resembling a less amusing version of
BIFF that infests many
BBSes.
The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills travelling under a grandiose
handle derived from fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics.
Among
sysops, "the weenie problem" refers to the marginally literate and profanity-laden
flamage weenies tend to spew all over a newly-discovered BBS.
Compare
spod,
computer geek,
terminal junkie.
2. Among hackers, when used with a qualifier (for example, as in
Unix weenie,
VMS weenie,
IBM weenie) this can be either an insult or a term of praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or not it is applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the same sort of weenie. It implies that the weenie has put a major investment of time, effort and concentration into the area indicated; whether this is good or bad depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels about that area.
See also
bigot.
3. The
semicolon character, ";" (
ASCII 59).
