Berzerkeley
Berzerkeley
(humour)/b*r-zer'klee/ (From "berserk", via the name of a
now-deceased record label) A humorous distortion of "Berkeley"
used especially to refer to the practices or products of the
BSD Unix hackers.
See
software bloat,
Missed'em-five,
Berkeley Quality Software.
Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and
political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been
reported from as far back as the 1960s.
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The boys from "
Berzerkeley" (a friendly nickname for that crazy town) participated in the most exciting game in the young sport's history--and helped demonstrate what can happen when eight athletes who strive and train for perfection mix it up.
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