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tar and feather
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(jargon)tar and feather - (A sick contrivance from the Unix tar command and the Ku Klux Klan torture method) To create a transportable archive from a group of files by first sticking them together with tar (the Tape ARchiver) and then compressing the result. The latter action is dubbed "feathering" (purely for contrived effect) by analogy to what you do with an aeroplane propeller to decrease wind resistance, or with an oar to reduce water resistance; smaller files, after all, slip through comm links more easily.
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Tarring and feathering closeted public officials is nothing more than a mean-spirited invasion of the privacy to which we are all entitled.
Foleygate by Lachina, Vincent; Chidester, Bill; Bryce, Landon / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
While he's at it, Flynt would like to run Cardinal Roger Mahony out of town after first tarring and feathering him over his role in the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal.
'THE REPUBLICANS ARE MORE FUN, YOU KNOW' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The fast-moving Cineopolis, 2007, depicts the tarring and feathering of a projector screen lying on the floor.
Alex Hubbard: Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery by O'Neill-Butler, Lauren / Artforum International
 
 
 
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