(idea) by Frater 219 Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:41:05
To destroy something or to render it useless. Often used of files which have been accidentally overwritten, or disks which have been trashed similarly.

Implies that some part of the thing which is scrogged is recoverable, but only enough to make the fact of the scrogitude more painful.

See also: scrag, hose, hosement, mung, munge.

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(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 15:30:54
script kiddies = S = scrool

scrog /skrog/ vt.

[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.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:55:26

Scrog (?), n. [Cf. Scrag, or Gael. sgrogag anything shriveled, from sgrag to compress, shrivel.]

A stunted shrub, bush, or branch.

[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

 

© Webster 1913.

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