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/dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A Germanacronym for stupidest imaginable user. From theengineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall(worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farmplant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. Inpopular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-casenuclear accidents such as a core meltdown.See cretin, loser and weasel.
By Denis Howe
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.