scary devil monasteryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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An anagram. Coined by Eli Burke on 12 March 1996 and later used in message headers: see the quotations.

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the scary devil monastery

1. (Internet slang, humorous) The newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery.
   • 1996 March 12, Eli Burke, “Add to the FAQ?”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 April 2026:

     > It is quite common to see acronyms used in a.s.r. Some are fairly
     > self-explanatory, but YMMV.
     >I think we should also add an "anagrams" section. That question seems
     >pretty frequent, also. More frequent than acronyms, it seems.
     alt sysadmin recovery => rancid mystery loaves[1] steady micron slavery[2] comedy striven salary[3] trendy mosaic slavery[4] convert already missy[5] scary devil monastery[6] !!!! [7] […] [6] Does this confirm the BOFH creedo or what!? [7] Enough for now. Beg and I might post more

   • 1996 March 14, J.D. Five FAQs Falk, “Add to the FAQ?”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 April 2026:

     In the scary devil monastery, Eli Burke wrote...
     > alt sysadmin recovery =>
     [ . . . ]
     > scary devil monastery[6] !!!!
     [ . . . ]
     > [6] Does this confirm the BOFH creedo or what!?
     Damn it, now I've got to figure out a way to automagically replace the line "In alt.sysadmin.recovery, Clueful Person wrote..." with "In the scary devil monastery...." Maybe I can trick Formail into thinking it's a header.

   • 2010, The Jennifer Morgue, Charles Stross:

     I pull on a fresh pair of black heans, a faded Scary Devil Monastery tee shirt, and a pair of rubber-soled socks: I feel much better immediately. It's as if my brain is slowly rebooting, just like the Media Center PC.

   • 2021 May 24, Tease'n'Seize, “Re: For your newsgroups file:”, in alt.dev.null‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 April 2026:

     > does Thunderbird even let you post to moderated groups?
     yes (even the scary devil monastery)