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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (foldoc)

1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of {luser} resembling a less
amusing version of {BIFF} that infests many {BBS}es. 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}, {computer geek}, {terminal junkie}.

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.
It 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} 59).

(1995-01-18)