scrag

n 1: lean end of the neck

2: the lean end of a neck of veal [syn: {scrag end}]

v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during

the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: {garrotte}, {garotte}]

2: wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn: {choke}]

scrog

/skrog/ [Bell Labs] To damage, trash, or corrupt a data

structure. "The list header got scrogged." Also reported as

"skrog", and ascribed to the comic strip "The Wizard of Id".

Compare {scag}; possibly the two are related. Equivalent to

{scribble} or {mangle}.

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