From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weenie
n 1: 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}, {weenie}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
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).
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