adb: a dreadful bug
another damn bug
antedilluvian bug eater
c++: cannot add
cat: compose a tune
cc: change channels
cd: can't define
cpio: corrupt process in operation
cron: can run only nightly
csh: complete sh
crash system and halt
crash system hardware
can't and shan't help
date: display a time estimate
df: disk full
dump: destroy user's modified programs
don't use my programs
ed: eject disk
grep: get ready to eat the processor
greates request ever produced
gurus recovery expert program
lp: lose printout
lpr: lose printout repeatedly
lpr -m: mail me that you've lost printout repetedly
ls: last supper
let's sex
less sex
let's see
long story
ls -l: lots of silly lines
mail: make an infinite loop
man: many ambitious notes
minimum assistance to novices
male aid needed
nroff: nearly random output file formatter
od: obscures data
oh, dear
passwd: pick a seven symbol word, dummy
ps: print suspects
rm: read manual
realise mistake
rm -i: realise mistake (after impatient response)
rm -r: read manual -religiously
rmdir: randomly modify directories in root
sh: sans historie
system halt
sort: shift, organise, rotate - truncate
su: suspend user
sync: sorry your network crashed
time: totally inaccurate measure of execution
vi: very insensitive
violate intuition
virtually impossible
virtually incompehensible
virtually intelligible
virtually inept
wait: wow! another idiot time consumer