Unix weenie

Unix weenie
 n.

   [ITS]

   1. A derogatory play on `Unix wizard', common among hackers who use
   Unix by necessity but would prefer alternatives. The implication is
   that although the person in question may consider mastery of Unix
   arcana to be a wizardly skill, the only real skill involved is the
   ability to tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence
   and needless complexity that is alleged to infest many Unix programs.
   "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in 69 bletcherous
   ways. It must have been written by a real Unix weenie."

   2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical praise of
   Unix. Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix weenie". See
   {Weenix}, {Unix conspiracy}. See also {weenie}.
    

Unix weenie

   <jargon> ({ITS}) 1. A derogatory play on "{Unix wizard}",
   common among hackers who use {Unix} by necessity but would
   prefer alternatives.  The implication is that although the
   person in question may consider mastery of Unix arcana to be a
   wizardly skill, the only real skill involved is the ability to
   tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence and
   needless complexity that is alleged to infest many Unix
   programs.  "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in
   69 bletcherous ways.  It must have been written by a real Unix
   weenie."

   2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical
   praise of {Unix}.  Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix
   weenie".

   See {Weenix}, {Unix conspiracy}, {weenie}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-02-27)