LART

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   Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool.

   1. n. In the collective mythos of {scary devil monastery}, this is an
   essential  item in the toolkit of every {BOFH}. The LART classic is a
   2x4  or  other  large  billet of wood usable as a club, to be applied
   upside the head of spammers and other people who cause sysadmins more
   grief  than  just naturally goes with the job. Perennial debates rage
   on  alt.sysadmin.recovery  over  what constitutes the truly effective
   LART;  knobkerries,  automatic  weapons,  flamethrowers, and tactical
   nukes all have their partisans. Compare {clue-by-four}.

   2.  v.  To use a LART. Some would add "in malice", but some sysadmins
   do prefer to gently lart their users as a first (and sometimes final)
   warning.

   3.  interj.  Calling  for  one's  LART,  much as a surgeon might call
   "Scalpel!".

   4. interj. [rare] Used in {flame}s as a rebuke. "LART! LART! LART!"

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {BOFH}{clue-by-four}{Slowlaris}]