xyzzy

It's traditional for xyzzy to be an Easter egg in games with text interfaces.

If, therefore, you encounter some bit of magic, you might remark on this quite succinctly by saying simply "Xyzzy!"

YA-:YABA:YAFIYGI:YAUN:Yellow Book:yellow card:yellow wire:Yet Another:YHBT:YKYBHTLW:YMMV:You are not expected to understand this:You know you've been hacking too long when:Your mileage may vary:Yow!:yoyo mode:Yu-Shiang Whole Fish: Node:YA-, Next:YABA, Previous:xyzzy, Up:= Y = YA- abbrev.

See also attoparsec, calculator, chemist, console jockey, fish, go-faster stripes, grunge, hakspek, heavy metal, leaky heap, lord high fixer, loose bytes, muddie, nadger, noddy, psychedelicware, plingnet, raster blaster, RTBM, seggie, spod, sun lounge, terminal junkie, tick-list features, weeble, weasel, YABA, and notes or definitions under Bad Thing, barf, bogus, bum, chase pointers, cosmic rays, crippleware, crunch, dodgy, gonk, hamster, hardwarily, mess-dos, nybble, proglet, root, SEX, tweak, womble, and xyzzy.

The `magic words' xyzzy and plugh also derive from this game.