1. cursor dipped in X The metaphorical source of the electronic equivalent of a poisoned-pen letter. Derived from English metaphors of the form "pen dipped in X" where X = e. g. "acid", "bile", "vitriol". These map over neatly to this hackish usage the cursor being what moves, leaving letters behind, when one is composing on-line. "Talk about a nastygram! He mustve had his cursor dipped in acid when he wrote that one!" [Jargon File]
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