scrog /skrog/ vt.
[Bell Labs] To damage, trash, or corrupt a data structure.
"The list header got scrogged." Also reported as `skrog', and
ascribed to the comic strip "The Wizard of Id". Compare scag; possibly the two are related.
Equivalent to scribble or mangle.
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scrool /skrool/ n.
[from the pioneering Roundtable chat system in Houston ca.
1984; prob. originated as a typo for `scroll'] The log of old
messages, available for later perusal or to help one get back in
synch with the conversation. It was originally called the `scrool
monster', because an early version of the roundtable software had
a bug where it would dump all 8K of scrool on a user's
terminal.
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scrozzle /skroz'l/ vt.
Used when a self-modifying code segment runs incorrectly and
corrupts the running program or vital data. "The damn compiler
scrozzled itself again!"
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scruffies n.
See neats vs.
scruffies.