fool file

2 definitions found

fool file - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  fool file
  
     <jargon> A term found on Usenet for a notional repository of
     all the most dramatically and abysmally stupid utterances
     ever.  An entire subgenre of sig blocks consists of the
     header "From the fool file:" followed by some quote the poster
     wishes to represent as an immortal gem of dimwittery; for this
     usage to be really effective, the quote has to be so obviously
     wrong as to be laughable.  More than one Usenetter has
     achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this way.
  
     (2001-01-05)
  

fool file - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  fool file
   n.
  
     [Usenet] A notional repository of all the most dramatically and
     abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire subgenre of sig blocks
     consists of the header "From the fool file:" followed by some quote
     the poster wishes to represent as an immortal gem of dimwittery; for
     this usage to be really effective, the quote has to be so obviously
     wrong as to be laughable. More than one Usenetter has achieved an
     unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this way.