pig

n 1: domestic swine [syn: {hog}, {Sus scrofa}]

2: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: {slob}, {sloven}, {slovenly

person}]

3: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: {hog}]

4: (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: {bull},

{cop}, {copper}, {fuzz}]

5: a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast [syn: {pig bed}]

6: a crude block of lead or iron poured from a smelting furnace

v 1: live like a pig, in squalor [syn: {pig it}]

2: eat greedily [syn: {devour}, {gulp}, {guttle}, {raven}]

3: birthe; of sows [syn: {farrow}]

ping

1. {Packet INternet Groper}.

2. To send a message to all members of a {mailing

list} requesting an {ACK} (in order to verify that everybody's

addresses are reachable). "We haven't heard much of anything

from Geoff, but he did respond with an ACK both times I pinged

jargon-friends."

3. A quantum packet of happiness. People who are very happy

tend to exude pings; furthermore, one can intentionally create

pings and aim them at a needy party (e.g. a depressed person).

This sense of ping may appear as an exclamation; "Ping!" (I'm

happy; I am emitting a quantum of happiness; I have been

struck by a quantum of happiness). The form "pingfulness",

which is used to describe people who exude pings, also occurs.

(In the standard abuse of language, "pingfulness" can also be

used as an exclamation, in which case it's a much stronger

exclamation than just "ping"!). Opposite: {blargh}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1997-03-10)