psyton /si:'ton/ n.
[TMRC] The elementary particle carrying the sinister force.
The probability of a process losing is proportional to the number
of psytons falling on it. Psytons are generated by observers,
which is why demos are more likely to fail when lots of people
are watching. [This term appears to have been largely superseded
by bogon; see also quantum bogodynamics.
--ESR]
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pubic directory /pyoob'ik d*-rek't*-ree/) n.
[NYU] (also `pube directory' /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The `pub'
(public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default
location for SEX (sense 1). "I'll have
the source in the pube directory by Friday."