Berzerkeley

Berzerkeley
 /[email protected]'klee/, n.

   [from `berserk', via the name of a now-deceased record label; poss.
   originated by famed columnist Herb Caen] Humorous distortion of
   "Berkeley" used esp. to refer to the practices or products of the
   {BSD} Unix hackers. See {software bloat}, {Berkeley Quality Software}.

   Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political
   peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as far
   back as the 1960s.
    

Berzerkeley
Berzerkley

   <humour> /b*r-zer'klee/ (From "berserk", via the name of a
   now-deceased record label) A humorous distortion of "Berkeley"
   used especially to refer to the practices or products of the
   {BSD Unix} hackers.

   See {software bloat}, {Missed'em-five}, {Berkeley Quality
   Software}.

   Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and
   political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been
   reported from as far back as the 1960s.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1996-06-01)