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thud
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1.thud - Yet another metasyntactic variable (see foo). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was "foo", "bar", "thud", "blat".
2.thud - Rare term for the hash character, "#" (ASCII 35). See ASCII for other synonyms.


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Unfortunately, particularly clever moments are usually followed by a thuddingly obvious joke aimed at the target audience of 14-year-old boys.
'SON OF THE BEACH' - STERN TV FOR THE SHAMELESS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
There is something thuddingly literalist about all the visual effects in Killers.
Natural Born Killers by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal
Thuddingly expository lines likewise help us keep track of where we are in history: ``I just keep thinking about Buddy Holly, Richie and Bopper going down in that plane last week.
`TOMORROW' COMES TONIGHT IN NEW `ANNIE' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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