Runic
adjective
1.
consisting of or set down in runes:
runic inscriptions.
2.
having some secret or mysterious meaning:
runic rhyme.
3.
(of ornamental knots, figures, etc.) of an interlaced form seen on ancient monuments, metalwork, etc., of the northern European peoples.
4.
of the ancient Scandinavian class or type, as literature or poetry.
jargon
Obscure, consisting of runes.
VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as “RUnix”. Unix fans return the compliment by expanding VMS to “Very Messy Syntax” or “Vachement Mauvais Systeme” (French; literally “Cowlike Bad System”, idiomatically “Bitchy Bad System”).
(1996-09-17)
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- Run into the ground
run into the ground run into the ground 1. Pursue a topic until it has been thoroughly discussed or exhausted, as in They’ve run the abortion issue into the ground. 2. Ruin or destroy, as in During her brief time as chief executive Marjorie just about ran the company into the ground. Both usages allude […]