runes
= R =
rusty iron
runic adj.
Syn. obscure. VMS fans sometimes refer to
Unix as `Runix'; Unix fans return the compliment by expanding VMS
to `Very Messy Syntax' or `Vachement Mauvais Système' (French
idiom, "Hugely Bad System").
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.