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@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ If you spend enough time on Zephyr, you'll begin noticing some strange
phrases and words being thrown around. Some of these include:
i,i foo:
-> picked up from CMU zephyrland and means "I have no point here, I
-> just like saying:". Sometimes people simply use quotes: `"foo"`.
+> USENET saying picked up from CMU zephyrland that expands to "I have no point here, I
+> just like saying:". Sometimes people use
+> [scare quotes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scare_quotes) (e.g. `"foo"`)
+> for similar purposes.
mix:
> If somebody accidentally sends a Zephyr to the wrong class or
@@ -145,8 +147,8 @@ phrases and words being thrown around. Some of these include:
.q:
> Simiarly, `.q` at the end of an instance name indicates a quote.
-starking:
-> Answering a question or replying to a topic to a topic several hours
+to Stark:
+> To answer a question or replying to a topic to a topic several hours
> (or days, occasionally) later. The term originates from Greg Stark,
> who would often reply to zephyrs hours or occasionally days later
> without seeing if anyone had answered yet, or worse, if the instance
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ phrases and words being thrown around. Some of these include:
> Literally, "Things That Are Not The Same".
prnf:
-> Literally, "Pseudo-Random Neuron Firings".
+> Literally, "Pseudo-Random Neuron Firing".
eiz or eip or else:
> Instances used to comment on discussions on other classes in Zephyr without