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==== Bow Wow is the the unofficial language, 'Leet' or geek talk of Puppy ====

**Barry/BarryK** = [[BarryK Barry Kauler]] creator of Puppy Linux
**Big dogs** = bloated Linux / other major distros
**Cynophilists** = dog (puppy linux) lovers
**[[CommunityEditionCreation CE]]** = Community Edition of Puppy - usually one project leader but with input and support from the kennels
**Do-ocracy** = Individuals choose a task and do it. Responsibility is attached to those doing the task, as opposed to elected officials.
**Dog Biscuits** = cyber gratitude
**[[ComponentHowTo Howl-To]]** = Simple instructions on how to do something
**Kaulets** = prolific developers who try to emulate Barry and build a Puppy-based distro on their own, tweaking its internals. First of these was Nathan F working on grafpup. Then MU tried it for Muppy. Dougal and Pakt tried it for 2.14R.
**Kennels** = forum and the community - Greeting = 'Welcome to the kennels'
**Lap Dog** = Laptop running Puppy
**MU** = Mark Ulrich (Senior Developer)
**Penguin** = Linux user
**Poodle** = Puppy with all the bling
**Pup** = newbie / Pup derivative eg. Teenpup, ""TouTou""
**Puplet** = Puppy derived distro
**Puppification** = Streamlining a task to make quick and easy-to-do
= (meaning2) turning an existing distro into something familiar to Puppy
**Puppy** = Puppy Linux / Puppy User / original chihuahua dog mascot for Puppy Linux
**Puppy Hopping** = same as distro hopping except trying different puplets and Puppy versions
**[[PawedCast]]** = podcast - most are from Lobster [[http://dotpups.de/pawcast/ PawedCast]]
**Puppy Masters** = Are now known as "senior developers" ([[BarryK Barry Kauler]], Ttuuxxx, Jemimah, Micko, Larry (Playdayz), Warren, [[MarkUlrich]]
**Puppytude/puppitude** = Goodwill and good attitude in puppy
**Rotwielers** = legendary defenders of Puppy
**Tin hats** = Security obsessives
**Tuxification** = the process of becoming a penguin
**Vincent** = Barry's new dog
**Woof woof** = approval, greetings - greeting sequence = woof woof, bow wow, meow
**Woofify** = place woof builds on hardware
**Wooflet** = Build using Woof build system


==Also see==
[[PuppyTimeLine Puppy Codenames]]



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