GFR /G-F-R/ vt.
[ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP Machine
utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure, especially
one designed to reclaim mass storage space or reduce name-space
clutter (the original GFR actually moved files to tape). Often
generalized to pieces of data below file level. "I used to have
his phone number, but I guess I GFRed
it." See also prowler, reaper. Compare GC,
which discards only provably worthless stuff.
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gib /jib/
1. vi. To destroy utterly. Like frag, but much more violent and final. "There's
no trace left. You definitely gibbed that bug". 2. n. Remnants
after total obliteration.
Originated first by id software in the game Quake. It's short
for giblets (thus pronounced "jib"), and referred to the bloody
remains of slain opponents. Eventually the word was verbed, and
leaked into general usage afterward.