On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 10:31:11AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > Well I certainly have no idea of the historical background of the word,
> > but my `guessed derivation' does actually sort of make sense in that
> > context...
[snip]

I read the archives to make sure nobody already posted this.

"-fu" has a entry in the jargon file:

http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/f/-fu.html

-fu     [common; generalized from `kung-fu'] Combining form denoting 
expert practice of a skill. "That's going to take some serious code-fu." 
First sighted in connection with the GIMP's remote-scripting facility, 
script-fu, in 1998.


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