A process in which one determines the sex of a
toad. A
male toad will
croak if
squeezed behind the
front legs, but a
female will not. Toads can determine the sex of other toads
in this way, and so can
biologists.
If you spend any time
hacking at
MIT, you will see the phrase
no toad sexing written in many places, almost as a
sign-in. I have heard two explanations for this:
1. It became
popular among some students to sneak up on each other and
pinch under the arms, much like toads. This got
annoying.
2. One
hacker worked in a
lab and had to
sex toads. She was
disgusted by it, and didn't want to go
hacking and discover someone
sexing toads in the middle of a
machine room.
In either case, someone adopted
no toad sexing as a
sign-in, and, instead of writing a fake name or other identification upon reaching a
difficult location, wrote
no toad sexing. Others have
taken up the cause, and there are also cases of
no toed sexing and
toad sexing allowed here written on the walls.
Toad sexing recently made an appearance as
commandment 0x7 in the
lobby 7 cathedral of the
all night tool,
Thou shalt not sex toads.