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Meaning of SCROG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\Scrog\, n. [Cf. {Scrag}, or Gael. sgrogag anything
shriveled, from sgrag to compress, shrivel.]
A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
 
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/skrog/ [Bell Labs] To damage, trash, or corrupt a data structure. "The list header got scrogged." Also reported as "skrog", and ascribed to the comic strip "The Wizard of Id". Compare scag; possibly the two are related. Equivalent to scribble or mangle.

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