win
[MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed. A program wins
if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it
sufficiently robust to take
exceptions in stride. 2. n. Success, or a specific instance
thereof. A pleasing outcome. "So it turned out I could use a
lexer generator instead of
hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. What a win!" Emphatic
forms: `moby win', `super win', `hyper-win' (often used
interjectively as a reply). For some reason `suitable win' is
also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory
solution to a problem. Oppose lose;
see also big win, which isn't
quite just an intensification of `win'.