scary devil monastery
scary devil monastery proper noun: the newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery.
Proper noun (1)
the scary devil monastery
- The newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery.
- > It is quite common to see acronyms used in a.s.r. Some are fairly
> self-explanatory, but YMMV.
>I think we should also add an "anagrams" section. That question seems
>pretty frequent, also. More frequent than acronyms, it seems.
alt sysadmin recovery => rancid mystery loaves[1] steady micron...1996 March 12, Eli Burke, “Add to the FAQ?”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026 - In the scary devil monastery, Eli Burke wrote...
> alt sysadmin recovery =>
[ . . . ]
> scary devil monastery[6] !!!!
[ . . . ]
> [6] Does this confirm the BOFH creedo or what!?
Damn it, now I've got to figure out a way to automagically replace the line "In alt.sysadmin.recovery, Clueful Person...1996 March 14, J.D. Five FAQs Falk, “Add to the FAQ?”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026
- > It is quite common to see acronyms used in a.s.r. Some are fairly
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Scary Devil Monastery
the Scary Devil Monastery
- Alternative letter-case form of scary devil monastery.
- [1] sorry about the footnotes, I have been spending too much time in the Scary Devil Monastery[2]
- [2] Scary Devil Monastery: anagram[3] of alt.sysadmin.recovery
- [3] ASP has a bunch of anagrams also, but none as cool as Scary Devil Monastery. I could post them if anyone wanted to see them.2001 February 4, Jon Tillman, “Which One Should I Try First”, in alt.smokers.pipes (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026
Forms of scary devil monastery
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Origin of scary devil monastery
An anagram. Coined by Eli Burke, likely through an anagram generator, on 12 March 1996 and later used in message headers: see the quotations.
Questions about scary devil monastery
- What does scary devil monastery mean?
- Scary devil monastery means the newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery.
- What part of speech is scary devil monastery?
- Scary devil monastery is a proper noun.
Words near scary devil monastery in the dictionary
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