wango /wang'goh/ n.
Random bit-level grovelling going
on in a system during some unspecified operation. Often used in
combination with mumble. For
example: "You start with the `.o' file, run it through this
postprocessor that does mumble-wango -- and it comes out a snazzy
object-oriented executable."
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wank /wangk/ n.,v.,adj.
[Columbia University: prob. by mutation from Commonwealth
slang v. `wank', to masturbate] Used much as hack is elsewhere, as a noun denoting a clever
technique or person or the result of such cleverness. May
describe (negatively) the act of hacking for hacking's sake
("Quit wanking, let's go get supper!") or (more positively) a
wizard. Adj. `wanky' describes
something particularly clever (a person, program, or algorithm).
Conversations can also get wanky when there are too many wanks
involved. This excess wankiness is signalled by an overload of
the `wankometer' (compare bogometer). When the wankometer overloads,
the conversation's subject must be changed, or all non-wanks will
leave. Compare `neep-neeping' (under neep-neep). Usage: U.S. only. In Britain and
the Commonwealth this word is extremely rude and is best
avoided unless one intends to give offense. Adjectival `wanky' is
less offensive and simply means `stupid' or `broken' (this is
mainstream in Great Britain).