snarf /snarf/ vt.
1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the
purpose of using it with or without the author's permission. See
also BLT. 2. [in the Unix community] To
fetch a file or set of files across a network. See also blast. This term was mainstream in the late
1960s, meaning `to eat piggishly'. It may still have this
connotation in context. "He's in the snarfing phase of hacking --
FTPing megs of stuff a day." 3. To
acquire, with little concern for legal forms or _politesse_
(but not quite by stealing). "They were giving away samples, so I
snarfed a bunch of them." 4. Syn. for slurp. "This program starts by snarfing the
entire database into core, then...." 5. [GEnie] To
spray food or programming
fluids due to laughing at the wrong moment. "I was
drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed all over my
desk." "If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard condom." [This sense appears to be widespread
among mundane teenagers --ESR]