Unix weenie
 n.

    [ITS]

    1. A derogatory play on ?Unix wizard?, common among hackers who use Unix by
    necessity but would prefer alternatives. The implication is that although
    the person in question may consider mastery of Unix arcana to be a wizardly
    skill, the only real skill involved is the ability to tolerate (and the bad
    taste to wallow in) the incoherence and needless complexity that is alleged
    to infest many Unix programs. ?This shell script tries to parse its
    arguments in 69 bletcherous ways. It must have been written by a real Unix
    weenie.?

    2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical praise of Unix.
    Often appearing in the context ?stupid Unix weenie?. See Weenix, Unix
    conspiracy. See also weenie.

Unix weenie

    (ITS) 1. A derogatory play on "Unix wizard",
   common among hackers who use Unix by necessity but would
   prefer alternatives.  The implication is that although the
   person in question may consider mastery of Unix arcana to be a
   wizardly skill, the only real skill involved is the ability to
   tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence and
   needless complexity that is alleged to infest many Unix
   programs.  "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in
   69 bletcherous ways.  It must have been written by a real Unix
   weenie."

   2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical
   praise of Unix.  Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix
   weenie".

   See Weenix, Unix conspiracy, weenie.

   [Jargon File]

   (1995-02-27)