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# /dev/null

/dev/null: /dev·nuhl/, n.

[from the Unix null device, used as a data sink] A notional ‘black hole' in any information space being discussed, used, or referred to. A controversial posting, for example, might end «Kudos to rasputin@kremlin.org, flames to /dev/null». See bit bucket.

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