quux

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.
    

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}]