May 15, 2003

has the X nature

[seems to derive from Zen Buddhist koans of the form Does an X have the Buddha-nature?] adj. Common hacker construction for ‘is an X’, used for humorous emphasis. Anyone who can't even use a program with on-screen help embedded in it truly has the loser nature! See also the X that can be Y is not the true X. See also mu.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:43 AM

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