hing

See also: Asafetida

created by Sylvar

(idea) by Sylvar (3 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Mar 23 2000 at 21:07:19

In some IRC games, a misspelling of "hint" that became popular. Stumped players will sometimes say "hing me".

(idea) by Jargon (1.8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 10:23:47

hing // n.

[IRC] Fortuitous typo for `hint', now in wide intentional use among players of initgame. Compare newsfroup, filk.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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