Linux Definitions

Hippogriff, n.:
        An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin.
        The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle.
        The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one quarter eagle, which
        is two dollars and fifty cents in gold.  The study of zoology is full
        of surprises.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

History, n.:
        Papa Hegel he say that all we learn from history is that we
        learn nothing from history.  I know people who can't even learn from
        what happened this morning.  Hegel must have been taking the long view.
                -- Chad C. Mulligan, "The Hipcrime Vocab"

Hitchcock's Staple Principle:
        The stapler runs out of staples only while you are trying to
        staple something.

Hlade's Law:
        If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person --
        they will find an easier way to do it.

Hoare's Law of Large Problems:
        Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

Hoffer's Discovery:
        The grand act of a dying institution is to issue a newly
        revised, enlarged edition of the policies and procedures manual.

Hofstadter's Law:
        It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take
        Hofstadter's Law into account.

Hollerith, v.:
        What thou doest when thy phone is on the fritzeth.

honeymoon, n.:
        A short period of doting between dating and debting.
                -- Ray C. Bandy

Honorable, adj.:
        Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach.  In legislative
        bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as,
        "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur."
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"