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Fool's Joke</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/asbestos+cork+award">asbestos cork award</a></td><td><a href="/asbestos+longjohns">asbestos longjohns</a></td><td><a href="/as+sensible+as+a+dictionary">as sensible as a dictionary</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/attoparsec">attoparsec</a></td><td><a href="/autopilot+code">autopilot code</a></td><td><a href="/backward+combatability">backward combatability</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/baklava+code">baklava code</a></td><td><a href="/banana+problem">banana problem</a></td><td><a href="/barnacle+code">barnacle code</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Bastard+Operator+From+Hell">Bastard Operator From Hell</a></td><td><a href="/Bend+Over,+Here+It+Comes+Again">Bend Over, Here It Comes Again</a></td><td><a href="/Berzerkeley">Berzerkeley</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Big+Room">Big Room</a></td><td><a href="/block+transfer+computations">block transfer computations</a></td><td><a href="/Bloombug">Bloombug</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Blue+Screen+of+Death">Blue Screen of Death</a></td><td><a href="/bogometer">bogometer</a></td><td><a href="/bogo-sort">bogo-sort</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/BOHICA">BOHICA</a></td><td><a href="/brain+fart">brain fart</a></td><td><a href="/Branch+and+Hang">Branch and Hang</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Branch+on+Chip+Box+Full">Branch on Chip Box Full</a></td><td><a href="/Broken+As+Designed">Broken As Designed</a></td><td><a href="/C%2b-">C+-</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/cargo+cult+programming">cargo cult programming</a></td><td><a href="/chug+report">chug report</a></td><td><a href="/Church+of+the+SubGenius">Church of the SubGenius</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/code+police">code police</a></td><td><a href="/cokebottle">cokebottle</a></td><td><a href="/COME+FROM">COME FROM</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/considered+harmful">considered harmful</a></td><td><a href="/continental+drift">continental drift</a></td><td><a href="/Conway's+Law">Conway's Law</a></td></tr> 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brackets</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/El+Camino+Bignum">El Camino Bignum</a></td><td><a href="/Electing+a+Pope">Electing a Pope</a></td><td><a href="/EOU">EOU</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/eraser+stains+code">eraser stains code</a></td><td><a href="/Eric+Conspiracy">Eric Conspiracy</a></td><td><a href="/esoteric+programming+language">esoteric programming language</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Excalibur+bug">Excalibur bug</a></td><td><a href="/fat+electrons">fat electrons</a></td><td><a href="/fear-driven+development">fear-driven development</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Fermat's+Last+Post">Fermat's Last Post</a></td><td><a href="/Finagle's+Law">Finagle's Law</a></td><td><a href="/fine+adjuster">fine adjuster</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/FISH+queue">FISH queue</a></td><td><a href="/Flash+Lights+Impressively">Flash Lights Impressively</a></td><td><a href="/Flyspeck+3">Flyspeck 3</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/friode">friode</a></td><td><a href="/garbageabetical+order">garbageabetical order</a></td><td><a href="/Garbage+In,+Garbage+Out">Garbage In, Garbage Out</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/ghetto+code">ghetto code</a></td><td><a href="/gilley">gilley</a></td><td><a href="/Godwin's+Law">Godwin's Law</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Green's+Theorem">Green's Theorem</a></td><td><a href="/Halt+and+Catch+Fire">Halt and Catch Fire</a></td><td><a href="/hate-driven+development">hate-driven development</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Higgs+Bugson">Higgs Bugson</a></td><td><a href="/Hindenbug">Hindenbug</a></td><td><a href="/hydra+code">hydra code</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/ICBM+address">ICBM address</a></td><td><a href="/Infinite+Monkey+Theorem">Infinite Monkey Theorem</a></td><td><a href="/INTERCAL">INTERCAL</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/IO">IO</a></td><td><a href="/Jargon+File">Jargon File</a></td><td><a href="/JEDR">JEDR</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Jenga+Code">Jenga Code</a></td><td><a href="/kicking+dead+whales+down+the+beach">kicking dead whales down the beach</a></td><td><a href="/Lambada-Calculus">Lambada-Calculus</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/LER">LER</a></td><td><a href="/light-emitting+resistor">light-emitting resistor</a></td><td><a href="/like+nailing+jelly+to+a+tree">like nailing jelly to a tree</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/lion+food">lion food</a></td><td><a href="/lmgtfy.com">lmgtfy.com</a></td><td><a href="/load-bearing+printf">load-bearing printf</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Loch+Ness+Monster+Bug">Loch Ness Monster Bug</a></td><td><a href="/love">love</a></td><td><a href="/Lubarsky's+Law+of+Cybernetic+Entomology">Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/magic+smoke">magic smoke</a></td><td><a href="/Marginal+Hacks">Marginal Hacks</a></td><td><a href="/maximum+Maytag+mode">maximum Maytag mode</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/MCSE">MCSE</a></td><td><a href="/memory+farts">memory farts</a></td><td><a 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href="/RFC+748">RFC 748</a></td><td><a href="/rusty+memory">rusty memory</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/same-day+service">same-day service</a></td><td><a href="/sausage+code">sausage code</a></td><td><a href="/scar+tissue+code">scar tissue code</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/scratch+monkey">scratch monkey</a></td><td><a href="/shrug+report">shrug report</a></td><td><a href="/smoke-emitting+diode">smoke-emitting diode</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/smug+report">smug report</a></td><td><a href="/Sod's+Law">Sod's Law</a></td><td><a href="/spaghetti+inheritance">spaghetti inheritance</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/spaghetti+with+meatballs+code">spaghetti with meatballs code</a></td><td><a href="/square-headed+girlfriend">square-headed girlfriend</a></td><td><a href="/stringly+typed">stringly typed</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="/Swiss+Army+Code">Swiss Army Code</a></td><td><a href="/system+mangler">system mangler</a></td><td><a href="/tunafish">tunafish</a></td></tr> <tr><td><a 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