FORTUNE COOKIE


Meaning of FORTUNE COOKIE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

[WAITS, via Unix; common] A random quote, item of trivia, joke, or maxim printed to the user's tty at login time or (less commonly) at logout time. Items from this lexicon have often been used as fortune cookies. See cookie file .

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.