
weenie
n : a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually
smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: {frank}, {frankfurter},
{hotdog}, {hot dog}, {dog}, {wiener}, {wienerwurst}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0
weenie n. 1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser resembling a less
amusing version of {B1FF} that infests many {BBS} systems. The typical
weenie is a teenage boy with poor social skills travelling under a
grandiose {handle} derived from fantasy or heavy-metal rock lyrics.
Among sysops, `the weenie problem' refers to the marginally literate and
profanity-laden {flamage} weenies tend to spew all over a
newly-discovered BBS. Compare {spod}, {geek}, {terminal junkie}, {warez
d00dz}. 2. [Among hackers] When used with a qualifier (for example, as
in {Unix weenie}, VMS weenie, IBM weenie) this can be either an insult
or a term of praise, depending on context, tone of voice, and whether or
not it is applied by a person who considers him or herself to be the
same sort of weenie. Implies that the weenie has put a major investment
of time, effort, and concentration into the area indicated; whether this
is good or bad depends on the hearer's judgment of how the speaker feels
about that area. See also {bigot}. 3. The semicolon character, `;'
(ASCII 0111011).
Source: The Jargon File