daub

n 1: material used to daub walls

2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:

{smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {smear}, {smirch}, {slur}]

3: an unskillful painting

v 1: coat with plaster [syn: {plaster}]

2: apply to a surface; "daub the wall with paint"

3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear

the paint onto the wall" [syn: {smear}]

DAU

/dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German

acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the

engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall

(worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farm

plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In

popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case

nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown.

See {cretin}, {loser} and {weasel}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-06)