flarp
:flarp: /flarp/ n. [Rutgers University] Yet another {metasyntactic variable}
} (see foo
. Among those who use it, it is associated with a
legend that any program not containing the word `flarp' somewhere will
not work. The legend is discreetly silent on the reliability of programs
which _do_ contain the magic word.
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