Cape lobster
         n 1: small lobster of southern Africa [syn: {Cape lobster},
               {Homarus capensis}]

English Dictionary: Cephalopoda	by the DICT Development Group
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Cebuella pygmaea n the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon Synonym(s): pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea
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Cephalobidae n a family of Nematoda [syn: Cephalobidae, {family Cephalobidae}]
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cephalopod adj relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda [syn: cephalopod, cephalopodan] n marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles Synonym(s): cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk
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cephalopod mollusk n marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles Synonym(s): cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk
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Cephalopoda n octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus [syn: Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda]
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cephalopodan adj relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda [syn: cephalopod, cephalopodan]
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Cephalopterus n a genus of Cotingidae [syn: Cephalopterus, {genus Cephalopterus}]
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Cephalopterus ornatus n black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle Synonym(s): umbrella bird, Cephalopterus ornatus
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civil libertarian n a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties
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civil liberty n one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country Synonym(s): civil liberty, political liberty fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
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civil officer n a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs Synonym(s): civil authority, civil officer
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civil-libertarian adj having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law
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cobble up v put together hastily Synonym(s): cobble together, cobble up
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Coffea liberica n small tree of West Africa [syn: Liberian coffee, {Coffea liberica}]
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couple up v link together; "can we couple these proposals?" [syn: couple, couple on, couple up] Antonym(s): decouple, uncouple
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buoy \Buoy\, n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie,       chain, fetter, F. bou[82]e a buoy, from L. boia. [bd]Boiae       genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae.[b8] --Festus. So       called because chained to its place.] (Naut.)       A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark       a channel or to point out the position of something beneath       the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.          {Anchor buoy}, a buoy attached to, or marking the position             of, an anchor.          {Bell buoy}, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be             rung by the motion of the waves.          {Breeches buoy}. See under {Breeches}.          {Cable buoy}, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in             rocky anchorage.          {Can buoy}, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron,             usually conical or pear-shaped.          {Life buoy}, a float intended to support persons who have             fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to             save them.          {Nut} [or] {Nun buoy}, a buoy large in the middle, and             tapering nearly to a point at each end.          {To stream the buoy}, to let the anchor buoy fall by the             ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor.                      {Whistling buoy}, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown             by the action of the waves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capilliform \Ca*pil"li*form\, a. [L. capillus hair + -form.]       In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.
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Gue'vi \Gue'vi\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of several very small species and varieties of African       antelopes, of the genus {Cephalophus}, as the Cape guevi or       kleeneboc ({Cephalophus pygm[91]a}); -- called also {pygmy       antelope}. [1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,       blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;       but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]       1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,             whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue             as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]             --Milton.          2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,             of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence             of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air             was blue with oaths.          3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.          4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,             thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]          5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour             religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;             inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;             as, blue laws.          6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of             bluestocking. [Colloq.]                         The ladies were very blue and well informed.                                                                               --Thackeray.          {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.          {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost             black.          {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.          {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope             ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger             species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.          {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.          {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the             Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes             hastatus}).          {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema             dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also             {bastard pennyroyal}.          {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons             suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low             spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue             devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]             --Thackeray.          {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.          {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus             globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in             tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as             a protection against malaria. The essential oil is             beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very             useful. See {Eucalyptus}.          {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.                      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval             uniform.          {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.          {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to             describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor             reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any             puritanical laws. [U. S.]          {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue             flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at             sea, and in military operations.          {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the             English college of arms; -- so called from the color of             his official robes.          {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed             the blue pill. --McElrath.          {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus             glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.          {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or             itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).                      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.          {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white             square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to             recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,             one of the British signal flags.          {Blue pill}. (Med.)             (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.             (b) Blue mass.          {Blue ribbon}.             (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;                   -- hence, a member of that order.             (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great                   ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These                   [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the                   college.[b8] --Farrar.             (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total                   abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon                   Army.          {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.          {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.          {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush             ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).          {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.          {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue             crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico             printing, etc.          {Blue water}, the open ocean.          {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.          {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;             not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising             Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the             Covenanters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grimme \Grimme\, n. [Cf. F. grimme.] (Zo[94]l.)       A West African antelope ({Cephalophus rufilotus}) of a deep       bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called       also {conquetoon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cephalopod \Ceph"a*lo*pod\, Cephalopode \Ceph"a*lo*pode\, n.       (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Cephalopoda.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cephalopod \Ceph"a*lo*pod\, Cephalopode \Ceph"a*lo*pode\, n.       (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Cephalopoda.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cephalopodic \Ceph`a*lo*pod"ic\, Cephalopodous    \Ceph`a*lop"o*dous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
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Cephalopodic \Ceph`a*lo*pod"ic\, Cephalopodous    \Ceph`a*lop"o*dous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
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Devilfish \Dev"il*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A huge ray ({Manta birostris} [or] {Cephaloptera             vampyrus}) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic             coasts. Several other related species take the same name.             See {Cephaloptera}.       (b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of             {Octopus} and {Architeuthis}. See {Octopus}.       (c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See {Gray whale}.       (d) The goosefish or angler ({Lophius}), and other allied             fishes. See {Angler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. umbrella, fr. ombra a shade, L.       umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. {Umbel},       {Umbrage}.]       1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for             sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from             rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other             fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other             elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick             by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of             being opened and closed with ease. See {Parasol}.                         Underneath the umbrella's oily shed.   --Gay.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a             jellyfish.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the             genus {Umbrella}, having an umbrella-shaped shell; --             called also {umbrella shell}.          {Umbrella ant} (Zo[94]l.), the sauba ant; -- so called             because it carries bits of leaves over its back when             foraging. Called also {parasol ant}.          {Umbrella bird} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird             ({Cephalopterus ornatus}) of the family {Cotingid[91]}. It             is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass             of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips.             It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long,             cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy             feathers. Called also {dragoon bird}.          {Umbrella leaf} (Bot.), an American perennial herb             ({Dyphylleia cymosa}), having very large peltate and lobed             radical leaves.          {Umbrella shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Umbrella}, 3.          {Umbrella tree} (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({M. Umbrella})             with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at             the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania,             Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries             are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine             ({Pandanus odoratissimus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ease \Ease\, n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise,       OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle,       occasion, opportunity. Cf. {Agio}, {Disease}.]       1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation;             entertainment. [Obs.]                         They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire                      penny.                                                --Chaucer.          2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:             (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;                   as, ease of body.                               Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.                                                                               --Herbert.                               Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.                                                                               --Swift.             (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys                   or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security;                   as, ease of mind.                               Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.                                                                               --Deut.                                                                               xxviii. 65.                               Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.                                                                               --Luke xii.                                                                               19.             (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty,                   embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness;                   -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of                   behavior, of address.                               True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.                                                                               --Pope.                               Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In                            him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden.          {At ease}, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. [bd]His soul             shall dwell at ease.[b8] --Ps. xxv. 12.          {Chapel of ease}. See under {Chapel}.          {Ill at ease}, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.                      {To stand at ease} (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude             in one's place in the ranks.          {With ease}, easily; without much effort.          Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility;                facility; easiness; readiness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chapel \Chap"el\, n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella,       orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary,       sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape,       cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St.       Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came       to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar       paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called       capellanus, or chaplain. See {Cap}, and cf. {Chaplain}.,       {Chaplet}.]       1. A subordinate place of worship; as,             (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a                   memorial;             (b) a small building attached to a church;             (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar.          Note: In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey                churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses                on the sides of the aisles. --Gwilt.          2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the             chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.          3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the             Established Church; a meetinghouse.          4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court             of a prince or nobleman.          5. (Print.)             (a) A printing office, said to be so called because                   printing was first carried on in England in a chapel                   near Westminster Abbey.             (b) An association of workmen in a printing office.          {Chapel of ease}.             (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a                   accommodation of an increasing parish, or for                   parishioners who live at a distance from the principal                   church.             (b) A privy. (Law)          {Chapel master}, a director of music in a chapel; the             director of a court or orchestra.          {To build a chapel} (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See {Chapel},             v. t., 2.          {To hold a chapel}, to have a meeting of the men employed in             a printing office, for the purpose of considering             questions affecting their interests.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[icr]b"[etil]r*t[ycr]), n.; pl.       {Liberties} (-t[icr]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert[82], fr. L.       libertas, fr. liber free. See {Liberal}.]       1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to             the will of another claiming ownership of the person or             services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,             bondage, or subjection.                         But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every                      man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their                      pleasure, to return, and brought them into                      subjection.                                       --Jer. xxxiv.                                                                               16.                         Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the                      glorious liberty of the sons of God.   --Bible, 1551.                                                                               Rom. viii. 21.          2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon             locomotion.                         Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.          3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission             granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or             to a witness to leave a court, and the like.          4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by             prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the             commercial cities of Europe.                         His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much                      less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.                                                                               --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or             jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]                         Brought forth into some public or open place within                      the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.                                                                               --Fuller.          6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely             within certain limits; also, the place or limits within             which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a             prison.          7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of             etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.                         He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who                      had taken liberties with him.            --Macaulay.          8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from             compulsion or constraint in willing.                         The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any                      agent to do or forbear any particular action,                      according to the determination or thought of the                      mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the                      other.                                                --Locke.                         This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead                      to lawlessness.                                 --J. A.                                                                               Symonds.          9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the             tongue of the horse.          10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.          {At liberty}.             (a) Unconfined; free.             (b) At leisure.          {Civil liberty}, exemption from arbitrary interference with             person, opinion, or property, on the part of the             government under which one lives, and freedom to take part             in modifying that government or its laws.          {Liberty bell}. See under {Bell}.          {Liberty cap}.             (a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his                   manumission.             (b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of                   representations of the goddess of liberty is often                   decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a                   liberty pole.          {Liberty of the press}, freedom to print and publish without             official supervision.          {Liberty party}, the party, in the American Revolution, which             favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a             party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.          {Liberty pole}, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often             surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]          {Moral liberty}, that liberty of choice which is essential to             moral responsibility.          {Religious liberty}, freedom of religious opinion and             worship.          Syn: Leave; permission; license.          Usage: {Liberty}, {Freedom}. These words, though often                   interchanged, are distinct in some of their                   applications. Liberty has reference to previous                   restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed                   exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his                   master had always been in a state of freedom. A                   prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from                   restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the                   spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The                   liberty of the press is our great security for freedom                   of thought.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cob \Cob\, n. [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf,       kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft,       spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. {Cop}       top, {Cup}, n.]       1. The top or head of anything. [Obs.] --W. Gifford.          2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich             covetous person. [Obs.]                         All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies                      and their bags their god, are called rich cobs.                                                                               --Nash.          3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn             grow. [U. S.]          4. (Zo[94]l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being             round like a head.          5. (Zo[94]l.) A young herring. --B. Jonson.          6. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; -- also called {miller's thumb}.          7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the             saddle. [Eng.]          8. (Zo[94]l.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull             ({Larus marinus}). [Written also {cobb}.]          9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large             size, as of coal, or stone.          10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See {Cobnut}. [Eng.]          11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.]                         The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for                      his walls, and thatch for his covering. --R. Carew.          12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the             buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --Wright.          13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut             4s. 6d. [Obs.] --Wright.          {Cob coal}, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to             that of a football; -- called also {cobbles}. --Grose.          {Cob loaf}, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. --Wright.          {Cob money}, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of             Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins             were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its             aliquot parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Couple-beggar \Cou"ple-beg`gar\ (-b?g`g?r), n.       One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.       --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupuliferous \Cu`pu*lif"er*ous\ (k?`p?-l?f"?r-?s), a. [Cupule +       -ferous: cf. F. cupulif[egrave]re.]       Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of       which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing       a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur;       bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
COBOL fingers /koh'bol fing'grz/ n.   Reported from Sweden, a    (hypothetical) disease one might get from coding in COBOL.   The    language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see    {candygrammar}); thus it is alleged that programming too much in    COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless    typing.   "I refuse to type in all that source code again; it would    give me COBOL fingers!"
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
copyleft /kop'ee-left/ n.   [play on `copyright'] 1. The    copyright notice (`General Public License') carried by {GNU} {EMACS}    and other Free Software Foundation software, granting reuse and    reproduction rights to all comers (but see also {General Public    Virus}).   2. By extension, any copyright notice intended to achieve    similar aims.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
COBOL fingers          /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a (hypothetical)       disease one might get from coding in {COBOL}.   The language       requires code verbose beyond all reason (see {candygrammar});       thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes       one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-12-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
copyleft          /kop'ee-left/ (A play on "copyright") The {copyright}       notice and {General Public License} applying to the works of       the {Free Software Foundation}, granting reuse and       reproduction rights to everyone.          Typically copyrights take away freedoms; copyleft preserves       them.   It is a legal instrument that requires those who pass       on a program to include the rights to use, modify, and       redistribute the code; the code and the freedoms become       legally inseparable.          The copyleft used by the GNU Project combines a regular       copyright notice and the "GNU General Public License" (GPL).       The GPL is a copying license which basically says that you       have the aforementioned freedoms.   The license is included in       each GNU source code distribution and manual.          See also {General Public Virus}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-04-18)