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English Dictionary: FOAF by the DICT Development Group
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   FOAF // n.   [Usenet; common] Acronym for `Friend Of A Friend'.
   The source of an unverified, possibly untrue story.   This term was
   not originated by hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on
   urban folklore), but is much better recognized on Usenet and
   elsewhere than in mainstream English.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   FOAF
  
      [{Usenet}] Friend Of A Friend.   The source of an unverified,
      possibly untrue story.   This term was not originated by
      hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban
      folklore), but is much better recognised on {Usenet} and
      elsewhere than in mainstream English.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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