spumous

adj : covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being

agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy

mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy

milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf" [syn: {bubbling},

{foaming}, {foamy}, {frothing}, {spumy}, {sudsy}]

ScumOS

/skuhm'os/ or /skuhm'O-S/ An

Unflattering hackerism for {SunOS}, the {Unix} variant once

supported on {Sun Microsystems}'s Unix {workstation}s.

Despite what this term might suggest, Sun was founded by

hackers and still enjoys excellent relations with hackerdom;

usage is more often in exasperation than outright loathing.

See also {sun-stools}. Compare {AIDX}, {Macintrash}, {Nominal

Semidestructor}, {Open DeathTrap}, {HP-SUX}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-04-19)