[German FidoNet] German acronym for Dümmster Anzunehmender User
(stupidest imaginable user). From the engineering-slang GAU for
Grösster Anzunehmender Unfall, worst assumable accident, esp. of a
LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous
consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to
worst-case nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown. See {cretin},
{fool}, {loser} and {weasel}.
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