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n. 1. The most famous pseudo, and the
prototypical newbie. Articles from BIFF are characterized 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 talk mode
abbreviations, a long sig block (sometimes even a doubled
sig), and unbounded na"ivet'e. 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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
vt. 2. To notify someone of incoming mail. From the
BSD utility 'biff(1)', which was in turn named after the
implementor's dog (it barked whenever the mailman came). No
relation to BIFF.
