So if I'm getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(...)gnuimptklibobject.

Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

Yeah, they missed the best part.

GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix, which is a recursive acronym. And, when pronounced properly (like the animal) the G is silent. The entire Linux ecosystem has words that start with G based on an acronym where G essentially comes from nowhere, and isn't actually pronounced.

I can't believe they didn't put this one in there!

Are you gnu here?

You can easily answer this for yourself by looking up what the G stands for.

Wait...

Unironic answer, the "g" is pronounced, but obviously like the g in give or great, not like j.

The G is silent

Depends what language you pronounce it in.

Believe it or not, yes.

it actually stands for garam masala

Yeah - supposed to be the pinnacle

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

Sequel to The Satanarchaeolidealcohellish Notion Potion by Michael Ende nobody asked for.

Just a regular German word. Please keep walking, nothing to see here.

I once tried to play "PHP" in Scrabble and argued that it should be infinite points.

The opponent didn't agree.

As a younger teen trying to get starcraft running on my linux box, my parents were definitely upset when they saw me browsing "winehq". They thought I was trying to get booze shipped to our house :D

And Linux Is Not Unix.

TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm

idk let's ask yaml

I wish we gknew some gnew gnu jokes.

Yet Another Better Barrel Attempt (YABBA)

Yeah, like YAML, which's name originally meant "Yet Another Markup Language*.

Then they redubbed it to mean "YAML Ain't Markup Language", because well, it isn't actually a markup language. 🫠

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML#History_and_name

Yams is really good btw

Hierarchical Officious Oracle

nobbes. they breeak your nobbes

Which is the actual GNU C Library

Grep is g/re/p. Global, Regular Expression, Print.

Obgect

Well it kind of stands for nothing, because at the center of this onion is GNU, which is recursive. It stands for "GNU's Not UNIX", so the G in GNU stands for GNU.

(((gnu)imp)tk)lib)object)

Jraphics

The gnu in gnu stands for Wildebeest

unless you absolutely must, don't think about it

The W in Windows stands for worse, so good for you.

Exactly!