May 15, 2003

scrog

/skrog/ vt.

[Bell Labs] To damage, trash, or corrupt a data structure. The list header got scrogged. Also reported as skrog, and ascribed to the comic strip The Wizard of Id. Compare scag; possibly the two are related. Equivalent to scribble or mangle.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:31 AM

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