From 59f017aa51364009c9c1f9d8a051548848b415e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wes Peters Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:51:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added definition of 'brucify'. Submitted by: Eivind Eklund Suggested by: Brian Somers --- games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes index 5419a8df11f6..26c701508e0f 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes @@ -2242,6 +2242,17 @@ Brooke's Law: discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition. % +Brucify, v: + 1: kill by nailing onto style(9); "David O'Brien was brucified" + 2: annoy constantly by reminding of potential improvements + [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {tantalize}, {bedevil}, {dun}, + {frustrate}] + 3: Fix problems that was indicated in an earlier brucification + (of one of the two other meanings). +The word 'brucify' originally comes from the style-reviews of Bruce +Evans of the FreeBSD project, but is now also sometimes used for +reviews just done in his spirit. +% Bubble Memory, n.: A derogatory term, usually referring to a person's intelligence. See also "vacuum tube".