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snarf

   or file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's
   permission.  See also BLT.  2. [in the UNIX community] To
   fetch a file or set of files across a network.  See also
   blast.  This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning
   `to eat piggishly'.  It may still have this connotation in
   context.  "He's in the snarfing phase of hacking --- FTPing
   megs of stuff a day."  3. To acquire, with little concern for
   legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing).  "They
   were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them."
   4. Syn. for slurp.  "This program starts by snarfing the
   entire database into core, then...."  5. [GEnie] To spray
   food or programming fluids due to laughing at the wrong
   moment.  "I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I
   snarfed all over my desk."  "If I keep reading this topic, I think
   I'll have to snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard condom."
   [This sense appears to be widespread among mundane teenagers ---
   ESR]