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hash collision

   clash') When used of people, signifies a confusion in associative
   memory or imagination, especially a persistent one (see
   thinko).  True story: One of us [ESR] was once on the phone
   with a friend about to move out to Berkeley.  When asked what he
   expected Berkeley to be like, the friend replied: "Well, I have
   this mental picture of naked women throwing Molotov cocktails, but
   I think that's just a collision in my hash tables."  Compare
   hash bucket.