Biff

5 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  biff
       n : (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
           nose" [syn: {punch}, {clout}, {poke}, {lick}]
       v : strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the
           demonstrators" [syn: {pummel}, {pommel}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "biff":
     bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, blow, bonk, bop, catch, chop, clap,
     clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, crack, cut, dash, deal,
     deal a blow, deck, dig, ding, dint, drub, drubbing, drumming,
     fetch, fetch a blow, fusillade, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock,
     knock cold, knock down, knock out, let have it, lick, nail, paste,
     pelt, plunk, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slog, slosh, slug,
     smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, strike, strike at, stroke,
     swat, swing, swipe, tattoo, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, wham,
     whop, yerk
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  biff /bif/ vt. To notify someone of incoming mail. From the BSD utility
     `biff(1)', which was in turn named after a friendly dog who used to
     chase frisbees in the halls at UCB while 4.2BSD was in development.
     There was a legend that it had a habit of barking whenever the mailman
     came, but the author of `biff' says this is not true. No relation to
     {B1FF}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  biff
       
          /bif/ To notify someone of incoming mail.  From the {BSD}
          utility "biff(1)", which was in turn named after a friendly
          golden Labrador who used to chase frisbees in the halls at UCB
          while {4.2BSD} was in development (it had a well-known habit
          of barking whenever the mailman came).  No relation to {BIFF}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  BIFF
       
          /bif/ (Or "B1FF", from {Usenet}) The most famous {pseudo}, and
          the prototypical {newbie}.  Articles from BIFF are
          characterised by all uppercase letters sprinkled liberally
          with bangs, typos, "cute" misspellings (EVRY BUDY LUVS GOOD
          OLD BIFF CUZ HE'S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ
          IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!), use (and often misuse) of
          fragments of {chat} abbreviations, a long {sig block}
          (sometimes even a {doubled sig}), and unbounded naivete.  BIFF
          posts articles using his elder brother's VIC-20.  BIFF's
          location is a mystery, as his articles appear to come from a
          variety of sites.  However, {BITNET} seems to be the most
          frequent origin.  The theory that BIFF is a denizen of BITNET
          is supported by BIFF's (unfortunately invalid) {electronic
          mail address}: .
       
          [1993: Now It Can Be Told!  My spies inform me that BIFF was
          originally created by Joe Talmadge , also the
          author of the infamous and much-plagiarised "Flamer's Bible".
          The BIFF filter he wrote was later passed to Richard Sexton,
          who posted BIFFisms much more widely.  Versions have since
          been posted for the amusement of the net at large. - ESR]
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1997-09-22)