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stiffy n.

3.5-inch microfloppies, so

called because their jackets are more rigid than those of the

5.25-inch and the (now totally obsolete) 8-inch floppy. Elsewhere

this might be called a `firmy'. For some odd reason, several

sources have taken the trouble to inform us that this term is

widespread in South Africa.

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