Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Looking for the source of a word Message-ID: <776@nsc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 18:49:19 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.776 Posted: Thu Mar 15 18:49:19 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 07:39:42 EST Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 11 Would someone out on the net please enlighten me as to where the word 'snarf' came from? It has shown up in technical discussions a couple of times, and I can't figure out what the history of the term could be. Please reply to me, I'll post a summary... -- From behind the bar at Callahan's: Chuq Von Rospach {fortune,menlo70}!nsc!chuqui Just when you decide you know everything, they go and change reality again.